An endless battle keeping up with evolution


PETALING JAYA: The question remains as to whether vaccines will be effective against new Covid-19 strains as more cases linked to different variants of concern are detected in Malaysia.

Universiti Putra Malaysia’s consultant clinical microbiologist Prof Dr Zamberi Sekawi said there is not enough data at this time to make a definitive conclusion about the immune escape potential of the variant.

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