Coronavirus: Worldwide, more than 4.3 crores have been affected by the virus.
UK Vaccine Task Force Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID-19 vaccines “are likely to be flawed” and “may not work for everyone.”
“However, we don’t know that we will ever get a vaccine. It is important to be wary of complacency and over-optimism,” Bingham wrote in an article in The Lancet medical journal.
“The first generation of vaccines is likely to be imperfect, and we have to be prepared not to prevent infection but rather to reduce symptoms and even then not work for everyone or for a long time.” , she added.
Bingham wrote that the Vaccine Working Group recognizes that “many, and possibly all, of these vaccines could fail,” adding that the focus has been on vaccines that are expected to trigger immune responses in the elderly population. over 65 years old.
She said the global vaccine manufacturing capacity was woefully insufficient for the billions of doses needed and the UK’s manufacturing capacity to date was “just as scarce”.
Earlier on Tuesday, a study by scientists at Imperial College London found that antibodies to the new coronavirus were rapidly declining in the British population during the summer, suggesting that protection after infection may not last long and increase the prospect of diminished immunity in the community.
The Telegraph newspaper reported that the UK government is assuming the second wave of coronavirus will be deadlier than the first.
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