Grant Shapps Britain Scotland South Africa testing vaccine strain Grant Shapps Britain Scotland South Africa

Scientists 'not sure' if Covid vaccine will beat South African strain, top Tory says

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Scientists are ‘not sure’ if the new South African strain of coronavirus will respond properly to a vaccine, a UK Cabinet minister said today.

Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, said the new variant was the reason for finally imposing pre-flight tests on arrivals from abroad.

People arriving in England and Scotland, and probably the whole UK, will need a negative Covid result from next week or face a £500 fine.

A debate has been ongoing in recent days about how the ‘501Y.V2’ variant, thought to have originated in South Africa, will respond.

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