New ‘Epsilon’ COVID-19 Variant Threaten Vaccination Effectiveness

Epsilon variant shown to be resistant to messenger RNA vaccines While developed countries are moving forward relentlessly with vaccination to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, new variants of the virus are appearing, often calling into question the efficacy of vaccines. Currently, the Delta variant originating in India is causing what has already been dubbed a fifth wave in Europe. The UK has been one of the European countries most affected by the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, and the island also reported another COVID-19 variant on 20 December in the British county of Kent. The Alpha variant, with a…