The vaccine will also be effective against a new form of corona: CSIR

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. Monday, December 21, 2020

The corona vaccine will be just as effective against the new form of corona, and people need not fear it, said Shekhar Munde, director general of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

He said the transmissibility of the new N50Y vaccine is a bit higher, but that doesn't mean it's more deadly and more people will die from it. 'It is possible that there may be differences in specific factors such as antibodies, but this does not mean that the vaccine will be ineffective. Despite the mutations, the vaccine will be very effective. "There is no need to be afraid of a new vaccine," Munde said.

Indian organizations studied samples of more than 4,000 corona genomes and submitted them to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data. "We have not yet received this exact mutation in India," Munde said. Scientists in India and around the world are keeping a close eye on this vaccine.