Vaccine-beating variant is ‘realistic possibility’, say scientists, amid calls for contingency plans to be revealed
Photograph: koto_feja/Getty Images/iStockphotoPhotograph: koto_feja/Getty Images/iStockphotoMinisters are being pressed to reveal what contingency plans are in place to deal withthat evades current vaccines, amid warnings from scientific advisers that such an outcome could set the battle against the pandemic back a year or more.
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