The biochemist said this in connection with how long it will take to develop a new vaccine against the new coronavirus variant that appeared in South Africa, if it turns out that the current ones are ineffective, Magyar Nemzet reported with reference to ATV.
Omikron - this is how the World Health Organization named the new variant detected in South Africa, in which 32 mutations were identified in the spike protein. Several vaccine companies, including Pfizer, conduct laboratory tests. In two weeks, it will be clear whether the current vaccine is effective against the new variant.
Katalin Karikó wrote to ATV Hírado that Pfizer can reduce the development of a potential new vaccine from the previous hundred days to 31 days.
He added: it cannot be declared that the current vaccine does not protect against the new variant of the coronavirus. They are just watching to see if the vaccinated get sick in South Africa.
Karikó informed: "For now, it is known that the person who flew to Belgium and an omicron variant was found in his body was not vaccinated. On the other hand, the passenger who was quarantined in Hong Kong and tested positive was vaccinated, but there are no reports that he got sick." As he said, they will now monitor what happens to the vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated.
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