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Brazilian and South Africa Covid variants may be 'less susceptible' to vaccines

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direct to your inboxThe Brazilian and South African coronavirus variants are of more concern than the UK strain, the UK's chief scientific advisor has warned.Sir Patrick Vallance said fears have been raised that those two variants may be 'less susceptible to vaccines'.Speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Friday afternoon, Sir Vallance said: "We know less about how much more transmissible they are."We are more concerned that they have certain features that they might be less susceptible to vaccines.“They are definitely of more concern than the one in the UK at the moment, and we need to keep looking at it and studying it very carefully.”It comes after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said “there is evidence in the public domain”.

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