A biologist who studies the evolution of diseases explains what’s different about the two new virus strains that have been found recently, and what that means for vaccine effectiveness.
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State
A new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 appears to be spreading fast in the UK. This probably isn’t a big problem, but the data isn’t in yet.
Saat virus menyebar dari satu orang ke orang lain, mereka terus bermutasi dan mereplikasi diri. Apakah SARS-CoV-2 dapat berevolusi dan dapat bertahan dari vaksin baru yang sedang dikembangkan?
As viruses are transmitted from person to person they are constantly mutating and replicating. Could the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolve to evade the new vaccines that have just been developed?
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