Monday, 25 Jan 2021
Bangla Version
Monday, 25 Jan 2021
Bangla Version
Health Desk- 23 Dec 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called a meeting of members for Wednesday to discuss strategies to counter a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain.
A spokeswoman said the meeting was designed to help with information-sharing.
“Limiting travel to contain spread is prudent until we have better info,” Hans Kluge, the WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, tweeted.
However, the Geneva-based body has cautioned against major alarm over the variant, saying it is a normal part of a pandemic’s evolution and praising Britain for detecting it.
Drug makers including BioNTech and Moderna are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new variant.
The WHO repeated that there was not yet enough information to determine whether the new variant could affect vaccine efficacy.
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