A surge in Covid cases is anticipated in the UK, as the ZOE study, which has been tracking Covid through the pandemic, estimates that approximately 805,411 individuals in the UK are currently infected by the new Eris variant
In a bid to fortify the nation's health defences, the UK government has introduced a state-of-the-art vaccine laboratory, known as the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre . Located within the UK Health and Security Agency science and defence technology hub in Porton Down, Wiltshire, this cutting-edge facility is designed to revolutionise vaccine research, preemptively halt future pandemics and prevent the level of disruption witnessed during Covid-19.
In light of the insights gained from the Covid-19 pandemic, the VDEC aims to capitalise on this knowledge to enhance pandemic preparedness. Professor Dame Jenny Harries, the chief executive of UKHSA, said: “What we’re trying to do now is capture that really excellent work from Covid and make sure we’re using that as we go forward for any new pandemic threats.
"For example with Covid, we are still here testing all the new variants with the vaccines that have been provided to check they are still effective. But we are also looking at how quickly we can develop a new test that would be used if a brand new virus popped up somewhere,” Jenny said. Professor Isabel Oliver, chief scientific officer of UKHSA, said: “We know that through scientific advancement, we could detect and control these spreads before they have the impact that Covid-19 had on our lives. It’s not easy, but we know that if we strengthen surveillance and if we accelerate the development of diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics, we could do so much better."
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