British firm claims to have created COVID-19 vaccine that will work against all strains

British pharmaceutical company ConserV Bioscience Limited (CBL) claims to have created a COVID-19 vaccine that will work against all kinds of mutations. According to Daily Mail, CBL has created vaccine that can allegedly work against all mutant strains, including ones recently detected in United Kingdom and South Africa. CBL says that it will able to roll-out vaccine in a year or so if trials are conducted quickly. 

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According to report, vaccine created by CBL gets immune system to recognise parts of viral particles present in coronaviruses, including ones that mutate a little. This means that vaccine should be able to protect against all kinds of coronaviruses, including new strains. CBL is reportedly collaborating with ar firm Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to develop vaccine in shortest time possible.

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Scientists say current vaccines will work

Meanwhile, scientists at Porton Down, UK's top-secret government-owned scientific research laboratory, has said that COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available should work against all kinds of mutant strains, including South African and Kent variants. According to Daily Mail, scientists have been studying new variants since y were detected earlier last month and y have reached a conclusion that vaccines currently available in UK can effectively counter both strains.  

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United Kingdom reported a new strain of COVID-19 virus earlier last month, which experts said is more severe than all or previous variants detected since start of pandemic. new strain prompted health authorities in country to reimpose lockdown in some parts of England as COVID-19 cases surged, causing a higher mortality rate. new variant also forced or nations to impose a travel ban on UK passengers. A few days later, South Africa also reported a new strain of COVID-19 virus. 

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