News: Concerned by new variant, Asian countries move to tighten COVID-19 measures, page-7

Fingers crossed Alpha vaccine generated antibodies see the mutated spike.

"Scientists have identified 50 mutations overall in B.1.1.529. The spike protein alone has 32 mutations, while the receptor binding domain has 10 mutations compared to just two found in the Delta variant.

As well as the possibility of the variant evading vaccine-induced antibodies, computer modelling suggests it has the potential to evade immunity from T cells."