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BioNTech: 'We Could Produce New COVID Variant Vaccine In Six Weeks'

Vaccine Developer Is Confident Existing Vaccine Still Works

22 Dec 2020

The speed of the new messenger RNA platforms could once again come to the rescue, but the expectation is that existing vaccines should remain effective against the emerging strain.

London lockdown — Restrictions have tightened in light of the new fast-spreading strain of SARS-CoV2 • Source: Shutterstock

News that a new variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in the UK has caused alarm around the world, but scientists are generally confident that newly authorized vaccines and antibody treatments will still be effective against the emerging strain.

Eli Lilly believes its antibody treatment will still work against the new variant, while BioNTech is also confident...