Vaccines effective against new virus variant – German health minister

FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labelled with “Vaccine” stickers stand near a medical syringe in front of displayed “Coronavirus COVID-19” words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Berlin, Germany — European Union experts believe existing vaccines against coronavirus are effective against the new fast-spreading variant identified in Britain, Germany’s health minister said Sunday.

“According to everything we know so far” the new variant” has no impact on the vaccines”, which remain “just as effective,” Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ZDF, citing “talks between experts at European authorities.”