“Most likely, this will not directly affect the effectiveness of the vaccine.
The available data allow us to cautiously say that the immunity that was trained for the previous variants will remain for this new variant ... The appearance of this new strain in this sense will not change the situation, "RIA Novosti Bazykina quotes.
According to him, immunity should be developed "as a result of vaccination or disease."
The specialist clarified that the main danger of the new strain is the greater infectiousness of the virus and the fact that those people who have not yet been sick will begin to get sick with it.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that a new strain of coronavirus infection, which was previously identified in the UK, was recorded in Russia at the end of 2020.