MELBOURNE (CU)_Just as countries across the globe began recovering from the worst effects of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making headlines once again, as a result of the newly discovered Omicron variant. First reported in South Africa, the variant has triggered a wave of border closures around the world, as health experts and government authorities announce measures to try to keep it bay.
While scientists have not yet established the transmissibility of the variant and the severity of disease caused by it, one of the major concerns associated with the Omicron is the possibility that COVID-19 vaccines which have been developed by scientists so far may well be less effective against the variant. This is why Australia’s first mRNA vaccine could not have…
