LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Scientists are not fully confident
that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the
coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said
on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the
British government.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said earlier on Monday
that he was incredibly worried about the new variant.
"According to one of the government's scientific advisers,
the reason for Matt Hancock's 'incredible worry' about the South
African Covid-19 variant is that they are not as confident the
vaccines will be as effective against it as they are for the
UK's variant," ITV political editor Robert Peston said.
(Reporting by Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge)