New strains and vaccine roll-outs: a shot of hope?

Coronavirus: The Whole Story

English - January 18, 2021 13:38 - 37 minutes - 26.4 MB
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Today marks a significant milestone in the UK’s vaccination programme as millions more people aged 70 and over are invited to receive their jabs. However, as we are making this progress, so is the virus. In this episode, we speak to UCL experts from the Department of Primary Care & Population Health and the Faculty of Population Health Sciences to find out more about how the vaccine roll-out works, and whether it will work on the new variant of the virus.

Special guests:

- Prof Martin Marshall

- Prof Deenan Pillay

- Prof Helen Bedford

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/coronavirus

Transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts/coronavirus/transcript-episode-35

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