Top English medic warns new COVID-19 variants could be more resistant to vaccines
A sign on display outside Windsor Castle after it was announced that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Windsor, Britain February 20, 2022. (REUTERS)
LONDON – England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty warned on Monday there will be new COVID-19 variants and said some of them could be more resistant to vaccines.
Earlier, Britain said it would end all coronavirus restrictions in England including mandatory self-isolation for people with COVID-19 and free testing, drawing scepticism from some scientists and political opponents.
“We all expect… there to be new variants. And some of those new variants will just disappear,” Whitty told a press conference. “But some of them will cause significant problems.”
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