London: Scientists have developed a vaccine to combat coronavirus which is wreaking havoc in all over the world. However,  Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa.

Citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government,  ITV's political editor said on Monday, that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new strain of the coronavirus found in South Africa. British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said earlier on Monday that he was incredibly worried about the new variant.  ITV political editor Robert Peston said, "According to one of the government's scientific advisers, the reason for Matt Hancock's 'incredible worry' about the South African Covid-19 variant is that they are not as confident the vaccines will be as effective against it as they are for the UK's variant." 

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 85 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 85,083,468 and 1,842,492, respectively.

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