An Oxford spokesman said the university is carefully assessing the impact of new variants on vaccine immunity.
COVID-19: Oxford scientists preparing vaccine versions to combat emerging virus variants | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Oxford scientists are preparing to rapidly produce new versions of their vaccine to combat emerging more contagious COVID-19 variants discovered in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
The team behind the vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc is undertaking feasibility studies to reconfigure the technology, the newspaper said, citing a confirmation from Oxford University.
The scientists were working on estimating how quickly they could reconfigure their ChAdOx vaccine platform, the report said.