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T-cells recognise new Covid variants, study finds

A crucial wing of the immune system appears to be just as good at recognising all the new coronavirus variants, a study has found. In laboratory tests, T-cell responses in those vaccinated or previously infected with coronavirus were largely unaffected by each of the key variants. This included the new Brazilian variant, found in small numbers in the UK last week.

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  • Gozzin
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    Excellent. I got my 2and shot this week.

    The new findings suggest that even if people are able to be reinfected by the variants, some of which are believed to partially evade our first immune response, the body will have key tools for preventing severe disease.

    However, the scientists behind the findings cautioned that the protective abilities of the T-cell response remained to be proven in the field.

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