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A universal COVID-19 vaccine could be closer than you think

Doreen Vickers, 83, waits as a health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Appleton Village Pharmacy

Scientists are developing a vaccine to combat all COVID-19 variants. Image: REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

Ankur Mutreja
Group Leader, Global Health (Infectious Diseases), University of Cambridge
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