The emergence of new strains of SARS-CoV-2. What does it mean for COVID-19 vaccines?

Further research is required to determine the impact of these findings on protective vaccine efficacy with the various vaccines in use as the evolving UK B.1.1.7 lineage strain will likely acquire the E484K mutation [[20]]. In another study, it was noted that the UK B.1.1.7 strain did not reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine, and, the South African 1.351 strain had slightly reduced effectiveness [[18]]. Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, vaccine, mutant strain, mutant virus, variant virus Keywords: Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; vaccine; mutant strain; mutant virus; variant virus EN Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 vaccine mutant strain mutant virus variant virus 635 638 4 09/04/21 20210601 NES 210601 1. [Extracted from the article]