MANILA, Philippines — The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) strain found in the United Kingdom will is not likely to affect the development of vaccines against the disease, experts said Sunday.
Dr. Edcel Salvana, a member of the Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Group, said that the impact of the new strain on the efficacy of vaccines being developed is still being studied.
“Wala pa tayong alam sa ngayon if this [new strain] affects it [vaccines] but pinag-aaralan naman. Based on the number of mutations, most likely hindi naman,” he said in an online media forum.
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