But Professor Ian Jones of the University of Reading told Newsweek the claim 'is a little stretched.'
Chen said the vaccine was expected to offer immunity for two years, if a second booster shot is administered.has infected over 27.3 million people and killed almost 893,000 since late last year. There are currently no specific treatments forIan Jones, professor of virology at the U.K.'s University of Reading who is also not working on the vaccine, toldmutations is a little stretched.
"However, currently there is no indication that this is required as the virus has not changed in any meaningful way as far as vaccine protection is concerned." Daniel Davis, professor of immunology at the University of Manchester, U.K. who is not involved in China's vaccine research, told:"It is certainly possible that if some vaccines work in protecting us, they will still be able to work across some different versions of this virus. It all depends on where mutations occur within the genetic sequence of the virus and whether or not this coincides with the part of the virus targeted by a vaccine.
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