Medical experts and scientists have made a big claim and revealed that booster vaccines for the coronavirus can provide strong protection not only against the current virus but also against the next potential global pandemic transmitted from animals to humans in the future.
This important research, conducted by researchers from the famous Cambridge University in the UK, has been published in an international scientific journal, which has created a new ray of hope in the medical world.
According to the details, scientists from the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Diseases conducted a detailed study of blood samples from elderly people in the UK, whose average age was 69 years and who had received 4 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, including the recent ‘bivalent booster’.
The scientists tested the antibodies present in these blood samples against different types of corona, the 2003 SARS virus, and various coronaviruses found in bats and pangolins, which could pose a major threat to humans in the future.
The research revealed surprising results that the Corona booster vaccine is also providing excellent immunity against viruses from animals (bats and pangolins) that have not yet infected humans.
Many of the dangerous viruses tested have the ability to enter human cells, but the antibodies produced by the vaccine successfully prevented them from progressing.
Co-author of the study, Rebecca Morris, said that this study proves that if such a virus were to be transmitted from animals to humans in the future, we would already have the immunity to deal with it.
She added that these boosters will reduce the spread and severity of the virus and provide us with important and valuable time to develop new targeted vaccines.
Gracie West, another co-author from the University of Cambridge, says that the results are surprising, as current vaccines can also serve as a shield against viruses with future pandemic potential, which will be especially important for the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
It should be noted that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 13 billion doses of the corona vaccine have been administered worldwide so far.
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