Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 may be able to bypass one's existing immunity acquired through vaccine or natural infection, reported news agency ANI, quoting an AIIMS doctor. “It is a new variant.
We need to wait and watch. We do not know its overall infectivity but the probability is that it may bypass your existing immunity either acquired through vaccines or natural infection.
If it bypasses, it will be a serious issue," said Dr Sanjay Rai, centre for community medicine at AIIMS. Although no case of the new, which has a large number of mutations, has been reported in India so far, the government has asked all states and union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers.