'Early indications' vaccine works on new variants of Covid, Matt Hancock tells MPs
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inbox Matt Hancock told MPs that there are 'early indications' the coronavirus vaccine works on the new variants of the virus, Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, the Health Secretary said that there are signs the Covid-19 vaccine deals with newer variants in the same way that it does the older variant of the virus.It comes after fears the variant, dubbed B.1.1.7, has mutations that may reduce the effectiveness of the vaccines designed to protect against the virus.Labour's Jonathan Ashworth asked Mr Hancock: "The new variants remind us we have to go further and faster on vaccination and work harder to break admission chains."Early analysis suggests the South African B-1351 variant brings a reinfection risk which.
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