"The effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should," Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware. Scientists there believe the variant is more contagious than other previously identified strains of the SAR-CoV-2 variant but no more severe in the symptoms it causes. This revealed eight mutations specific to the spike protein gene associated with the British variant, Polis said in his statement. Earlier in the day, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 vaccination on live television in a bid to boost public confidence in immunizations. Harris, the first Black person and first Asian-American elected vice president, received the Moderna Inc vaccine at a medical centre in predominantly Black southeast Washington.

Source: bd News24 December 30, 2020 06:33 UTC