mandatory vaccination, within the european union, this needs discussion. holly seale is associate professor of infectious disease at the university of new south wales in australia. shejoins me now from sydney. thank you for being on the programme. as expect it, this new variant is spreading and quickly and yet there is still little known about it.- little known about it. yes, certainly little known about it. yes, certainly there little known about it. yes, certainly there is - little known about it. yes, certainly there is not - little known about it. yes, certainly there is not a - little known about it. yes, certainly there is not a lot | certainly there is not a lot known right now, but there is a lot of work being done, researchers in south africa working with the world health organization are certainly coming together to try and look at what is the susceptibility of this new variant and how will the vaccines work against it? , , , ., it? and this is the question, isn t it? t
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