Pfizer and BioNTech, the pharmaceutical companies have released a statement claiming that there vaccination is effective against the new found variant of COVID-19 in UK and South Africa.
The companies said that the small differences in the tests detected compared to the original data and the recent data collected and it is unlikely that it will cause a reduction in the effectiveness of the vaccine. But if any data is found which indicates that the vaccine is not effective against the new found virus both Pfizer and BioNTech will respond.
The pharmaceutical company continues to monitor all the real time data which is being collected to check for the effectiveness including against the new strains. If the new vaccine is to developed against new variants both Pfizer and BioNTech believe that it’s proprietary mRNA is well suited to do so.