More dangerous coronavirus variants may emerge. Will the vaccines be able to catch up?

Hello and welcome to another episode of my podcast The Global Agora. My name is Andrej Matišák, and I work as the deputy head of foreign desk in Slovak daily Pravda. With more than 3.3 million deaths attributed to COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic is one of the deadliest in history. While the vaccines have emerged as a safe and effective tool against the disease, we can also say that COVID-19 is still trying to penetrate our defenses. We have seen various mutations of the coronavirus, the current focus is on the variant B.1.617 that was identified in India. What does it mean for the pandemic? How much should we be worried? I talked to Martin Michaelis, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Kent. Listen to our conversation.