The Kent variant's mutation (the Bristol variant?) worries ministers because it's the same one as the South African/Brazilian strands - E484K - and also more vaccine resistant. Highly likely a new vaccine - or a modification of a current one - will have to be made to fight it (2)

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) February 2, 2021

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