Covid-22 is the new 'big risk' that could 'get worse' than Delta variant warns professor
The Delta variant devastated many parts of the world just as the dust was settling from the first wave of the pandemic. It has proven to be far more transmissible than its predecessor and undercuts some of the protection offered by the vaccines. But, according to Immunologist Professor Doctor Sai Reddy, this could be a dress rehearsal for something much worse to come.
In a call to arms, professor Reddy said we “have to prepare” for a new emerging variant in 2022 that could pose a “big risk”.
He explained that it was “inevitable” that concerning variants currently circulating will combine to make a strain more deadly.
Prof Reddy said: “Covid-22 could get worse than what we are witnessing now.
“If such a variant appears, we have to recognise it as early as possible and the vaccine manufacturers have to adapt the vaccine quickly.
