World Wide Web 65438+February 24th news, the British Embassy in China said that Britain is currently cooperating with WHO, China and other international partners to study the spread and origin of COVID-19, hoping to curb the spread of the virus as soon as possible and make contributions to the global epidemic. In addition, the British Embassy in China also revealed that China and Britain have jointly launched a new cooperation plan aimed at improving the prevention and control capabilities of various institutions and providing financial support for the promotion of vaccines and new therapies.

For example, the COVID-19 30-minute rapid detection method currently used at London Heathrow Airport is the research result of Chinese and British scientists.

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This virus mutates more slowly than the flu.

12 On February 22nd, Science and Technology Daily quoted Sumia Swaminathan, the chief scientist of WHO, as saying that as far as we know, the mutation rate of mutant virus in COVID-19 is slower than that of influenza. Although the virus has changed and mutated, no one (virus or mutation) has been found to have a significant impact on the effectiveness of existing therapies, drugs and vaccines.

In addition, according to British media reports, Pfizer, Modena and German biotechnology companies are currently testing the effectiveness of their vaccines against COVID-19 mutant virus, among which Modena also said that it is predicted that its vaccines will have the same effect on the mutant virus.