Coronavirus: Britain ‘confident’ existing vaccines protect against B1.617.2 variant, health secretary says

Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible coronavirus variant that was first identified in India and is now spreading across the country, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday.England, Scotland and Wales are set to unlock parts of their economy on Monday, but further steps have been put in doubt by the Indian strain.Hancock told Sky News the government had a “high degree of confidence” that vaccines would stand up to the B1.617.2…

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