05-03-2021, 04:49 PM
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Exclusive: Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says'Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective against the P1, or Brazilian, variant, a source with knowledge of the study told Reuters on Friday.
The data indicates that the vaccine will not need to be modified in order to protect against the variant, which is believed to have originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus, said the source, who requested anonymity as the results have not yet been made public.
The source did not provide the exact efficacy of the vaccine against the variant. They said the full results of the study should be released soon, possibly in March.'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2AX1NS
05-03-2021, 05:16 PM
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Mystery UK person with Brazil variant foundhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56298931
Last week, it was announced that six cases of the P.1 variant had been found in the UK - but one of the cases was still unknown.
It is understood public health officials have found the person and traced all of their contacts.
06-03-2021, 04:57 AM
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56298931The person was finally identified when they called the NHS 111 number, after officials had spent days contacting potential households. The person lived in a household that had recently returned from Brazil and all of them had quarantined at home.
It's taken nearly a week and the so-called "tracing" services failed to find the infected person ..... a significantly unimpressive performance .....
06-03-2021, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Omah
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56298931What if they hadn't quarantined at home but visited friends and relatives all over the UK .....
It's taken nearly a week and the so-called "tracing" services failed to find the infected person ..... a significantly unimpressive performance .....
Good job done, I say. 👍
06-03-2021, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Mags
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Personally I think they did the right thing by quarantining at home, they did not spread virus further.
The "tracing" services never found them - if they'd been on the loose, they could have easily infected enough to cause one or more outbreaks ..... !
..... and why were their contact details not recorded correctly - border control and associated services are hardly overwhelmed at the moment ......
06-03-2021, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Omah
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But what if they hadn't quarantined at home ..... ?The "tracing" services never found them - if they'd been on the loose, they could have easily infected enough to cause one or more outbreaks ..... !
..... and why were their contact details not recorded correctly - border control and associated services are hardly overwhelmed at the moment ......
You appear to have a habit of blaming the government in every bit of news you snip from the media.
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