Sandy Douglas, from Oxford University, says updated vaccine could ‘respond to any new variant more rapidly’
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Imageshave taken “preliminary steps” to produce an updated version of their coronavirus vaccine to specifically target the Omicron variant, a scientist at the university has said.that an updated vaccine could be used to “respond to any new variant more rapidly” than previously believed.
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