France says vaccine ‘should work’ against new strain of Covid

French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said that current Covid-19 vaccines should work against a new strain of the virus, believed to originate in the South East and East of England. 'In theory, there is no reason to think that the vaccine should not be effective,' Mr Veran told Europe 1 radio on Monday. On 19 December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed lockdown measures on over 16 million people in the newly created Tier 4, which is concentrated in the East and South East of England.