A laboratory study confirmed the presence of adequate neutralizing antibodies

The "Pfizer" vaccine is effective against the British and South African "Corona" strains

A woman expresses her joy after receiving the vaccine against "Corona" in Germany.

Reuters

A laboratory study showed that the vaccine developed by the American company "Pfizer" and "Biontech" German, and against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), is also effective against two of the Corona strains, which appeared for the first time in Britain and South Africa, and the study data were published in The journal Nature Medicine, the two companies announced, yesterday.

And it was proved in the laboratory that the blood of 20 people who had been vaccinated with the vaccine, was able to neutralize the two main mutations of Corona, from Britain and South Africa, which means the presence of sufficient equivalent antibodies in the blood.

The study conducted by Pfizer and the University of Texas at the end of January was announced for the first time.

At that time, Biontech and Pfizer confirmed that the results did not indicate the need for a new vaccine against the emerging variants.

Meanwhile, outside experts have also reviewed the results, and they have been published in the journal Nature Medicine.

The journal stated that clinical data is now needed to know more about the effect of the vaccine against the virus variants, indicating that the continuous mutation of the Corona virus makes continuous monitoring of the differences and the possible consequences of the effectiveness of vaccines necessary.

The British and South African mutants of the Corona virus are considered the most contagious.

But there are no studies on being more dangerous.

In addition, figures released by the British government revealed that more than 12 million people have been vaccinated against (Covid-19) in the country.

The government aims to vaccinate all of the country's 15 million most vulnerable people by the middle of this month, including those over the age of 70 and health care workers.

The government has expressed its confidence in achieving this goal, as it aims to vaccinate all those over the age of 50 by next May.

Thanks to early and rapid procurement, Britain suffers less than some European Union countries, from the dilemma of vaccine manufacture.

The World Health Organization has already called on Britain to share excess doses of the vaccine after vaccinating vulnerable groups.

And if all the vaccines that Britain requested were approved and made available, it would have three times the vaccines it needed.

However, the head of the British vaccination team, Kate Bingham, said in an interview with the newspaper "Welt am Sonntag", that Britain's exit from the European Union is not responsible for the successful launch of the vaccine in the country.

She attributed it instead to industry experience, good communications, and a willingness to sign contracts early.

Britain recorded 218 new cases of the virus for every 100,000 people, during the past seven days.

And the Austrian government announced the issuance of an immediate travel warning to the state of Tyrol, located in the south of the country, due to the Corona epidemic situation that was described as critical.

And Tyrol had recently witnessed the spread of the South African strain of Corona virus.

"This is why everything must be done to prevent the further spread of mutations," said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

The state's local government categorically rejected the restrictions, and issued its own package of measures shortly before the travel warning was issued.

According to the federal government's statement, all unnecessary trips to Tyrol should be abandoned, and the government has required all people who have spent their holidays in Tirol in the last two weeks to take a test to detect Corona, and travelers from Tirol will have to take a test before traveling to another state.

According to experts' estimates, which the Austrian Federal Government relied on in issuing a travel warning decision, the state currently has 293 cases of infection with the strain that was discovered in South Africa.

A warning against traveling to an Austrian state due to the spread of the South African strain of "Corona".

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