{"id":178125,"date":"2021-01-23T00:10:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-matt-hancock-warns-south-african-coronavirus-variant-could-cut-vaccine-efficacy-by-50\/"},"modified":"2021-01-23T00:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:10:44","slug":"sa-news-matt-hancock-warns-south-african-coronavirus-variant-could-cut-vaccine-efficacy-by-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-matt-hancock-warns-south-african-coronavirus-variant-could-cut-vaccine-efficacy-by-50\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Matt Hancock warns South African coronavirus variant \u2018could cut vaccine efficacy by 50%\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4F1B97AE10534CDB9D81E410AEDB8A0D&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.standard.co.uk%2fnews%2fuk%2fsouth-african-covid-variant-vaccine-efficacy-hancock-b900866.html&#038;c=17394725783281972972&#038;mkt=en-gb\">Matt Hancock warns South African coronavirus variant \u2018could cut vaccine efficacy by 50%\u2019<\/a>: Matt Hancock has warned there is potential evidence a mutated strain of coronavirus that was detected in South Africa could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines by 50 per cent.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4F1B97AE10534CDB9D81E410AEDB8A0D&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.standard.co.uk%2fnews%2fuk%2fsouth-african-covid-variant-vaccine-efficacy-hancock-b900866.html&#038;c=17394725783281972972&#038;mkt=en-gb\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4F1B97AE10534CDB9D81E410AEDB8A0D&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fmetro.co.uk%2f2021%2f01%2f22%2fcovid-vaccines-may-be-50-less-effective-against-south-africa-strain-13952379%2f&#038;c=6916155001262112874&#038;mkt=en-gb\">Matt Hancock warns vaccine may be 50% less effective against South Africa strain<\/a>: The health secretary said \u2018there is evidence in the public domain\u2019 that the variant may be more resistant to jabs, but cautioned that \u2018we are not sure of this data\u2019 yet.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4F1B97AE10534CDB9D81E410AEDB8A0D&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fmetro.co.uk%2f2021%2f01%2f22%2fcovid-vaccines-may-be-50-less-effective-against-south-africa-strain-13952379%2f&#038;c=6916155001262112874&#038;mkt=en-gb\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hancock warns South African coronavirus variant \u2018could cut vaccine efficacy by 50%\u2019: Matt Hancock has warned there is potential evidence a mutated strain of coronavirus that was detected in South Africa could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines by 50 per cent. 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