Video: How we are racing COVID-19 variants in the battle to control the pandemic - The Globe and Mail

Published January 29, 2021

The large number of COVID-19 infections in some places makes it more likely for new variants of the virus to emerge. Science Reporter Ivan Semeniuk explains how vaccines may not be as effective against these new strains, making it a race to control and track the spread of variants before they become a dangerous new outbreak.

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