The vax and the variant — inside the lab as Covid-19 surges anew
The pandemic gained new urgency this week on two fronts: deciphering Omicron and new strategies to get people vaccinated
05 December 2021 - 00:00
In a lab on the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) campus in Joburg, a team of scientists on night shift, led by internationally acclaimed virologist professor Penny Moore, are working flat out to decipher how well Covid-19 vaccines will protect against the Omicron variant. ..
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