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Coronavirus vaccines: Can we stay ahead of the variants?

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February 8, 2021

South Africa has stopped its mass vaccination program with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. A new study shows that the vaccine offers only minimal protection against the country's new variant. Brent Goff spoke to Lawrence Young, a virologist and professor of Molecular Oncology at Warwick Medical School in the United Kingdom. He says South Africa’s decision was premature.

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