A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children for distribution in Montreal, Quebec on November 24, 2021. – Today is the first day that children are allowed to receive the version of the vaccine designed for children aged 5 to 11 years old in Canada.
The discovery of the new variant by scientists in South Africa has sparked global alarm, amid concerns its many mutations could make it even more dangerous than the highly contagious Delta strain. BioNTech said variant B.1.1.529 “differs significantly from previously observed variants as it has additional mutations located in the spike protein”.
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