UK raises alarm over new COVID-19 variant which could beat vaccines

that might make vaccines less effective, and slapped travel restrictions on six African countries.

The UK Health Security Agency said that the variant - called B.1.1.529 - has a spike protein that was dramatically different to the one in the original coronavirus that COVID-19 vaccines are based on. "What we do know is there's a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the Delta variant," Health Secretary Sajid Javid told broadcasters.

Javid said that more data was needed but the travel restrictions were necessary as a precaution, as scientists said lab studies were needed to assess the likelihood of the mutations resulting in greatly reduced vaccine efficacy.

Why do governments allow the same vaccines to be used on people without improving the formula? Now I really fear big pharma.

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