UK scientists have found recently a new variant of the coronavirus. The Health secretary, Matt Hancock,  found out plus than 1000 cases in sixty different areas, especially in the South-East of England and in London. The scientific name of it is Sars-CoV2. We don’t know a lot about this new variant, so we don’t have to worry at the moment, we only know that it is faster than covid-19 previous virus. The mutation of that variant depends on the spike protein. The coronavirus vaccine, perhaps, could be the right solution. Prof Alan McNally, an expert at the University of Birmingham, told the BBC that people don’t have to be afraid of it but it is something to keep an eye on. Instead, Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome, said that it is a serious problem and that the research should continue.  However, we have also good news because Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, said that the genetic information in many viruses can change very rapidly and sometimes these changes can benefit the virus. Now we can only wait for new information.

Will the vaccine put an end to the pandemic? The expectations of many people are projected on this prevention tool but its development hasn’t been guaranteed yet. It isn’t mandatory so many people won’t be obliged to get it, this implies that the virus cannot be completely destroyed. There is also to say that this would mean to produce millions of doses for people all over  the world. I don’t think that the vaccine will completely end the virus, but I hope that it will improve the actual situation.