Which Countries Are Least Protected Against the New Covid Variant?
- By Sam van de Schootbrugge
- 3 min read
Reports of a new, potentially concerning Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.529, are creating greater uncertainty as we enter winter. Pseudovirus studies of the variant, which has 32 spike mutations, are expected to classify it as vaccine-evading within the next few days.
Little evidence has yet emerged that the variant has spread beyond South Africa. However, we already raised concerns on Monday about a potential new variant in Europe. This is because of the uncharacteristically high spread of infections in the EU, despite relatively high vaccine immunity in many countries.
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