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The the announcement about this
variant and the risk which the

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scientists were showing was
simply to say that this needs

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to be watched but there is no
indication and any suggestion

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at this stage that this
mutation, this particular

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variant will not be able to to
the severe illness as a result

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of infection by this particular
variant will not be prevented

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by the vaccine. There's no such
evidence So we want to dispel

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any notion as is been banded by
various commentators. Uh we

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have had even some of the
reasons given by some of the

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commentators from some of the
countries which has imposed

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this bans that is it is as a
result of that but we can

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assure you that in at no stage
did the the scientists who

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announced the discovery of this
variant say that this

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particular variant will be
resistant to to to vaccines

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which are being utilised. So
let me let me leave it there

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because I'm sure members of the
media have particular questions

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so that we can be able to
interact having made the

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introductory remarks. Uh back
to you Foster.