Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases Raise Concern Over B.1.617 Variant
CEPI Offers Testing Against Variants Of Concern
Executive Summary
As the B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV-2 spreads to countries including the UK and US after having caused havoc in India, vaccine effectiveness against this variant is under the lens with breakthrough cases reported post full vaccination. Meanwhile, CEPI’s offer to help in testing against variants has potential to harmonize assessment of COVID-19 vaccines performance.
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