Both doses of the vaccine are also highly effective against the new variant B 1.617.2 of the corona virus, which first appeared in India. A recent study by the Department of Health in the UK revealed this information. Public Health England (PHE) said on Saturday that both doses of the Pfizer-BioNotech vaccine were 88 percent and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine 60 percent effective against the B1.617.2 variant of the corona virus.

In the UK, this variant is categorized as Variant of Concern (VOC). However, according to the study, only one dose of a vaccine is only 33 percent effective against this variant. In India, the Serum Institute of India is making AstraZeneca’s vaccine under the name Covishield.

Britain’s Health Minister Matt Hancock said, “This new fact is important and proves how valuable the vaccination campaign launched to protect its odd people from the Corona epidemic.”

He said that the study also proves how important the second dose of vaccine is to protect against the corona virus. Therefore, it is urged to all people to have both doses of the vaccine. The study found that both doses of the vaccine are nearly as effective against the B1.617.2 variant, as against the B1.1.7 variant first encountered in Kent, UK. 

Rapidly increasing racial hate crimes against Asian-American citizens are being tightened during the Corona epidemic in the US. A bill to deal with these crimes has been signed by US President Joe Biden. He said that this law would enable investigation and report of hate crimes with accuracy.

The creation of this law will also provide resources to prevent such crimes, which will help state and local law enforcement officials to identify these crimes. Racial crimes can also be calculated properly now.

Earlier, the House of Representatives passed the Kovid-19 Racial Hate Crime Bill. Later the Senate also gave its approval. Now it has become law for the President to be signed.

The President has appealed to American citizens to change their hearts and minds as well. He said that there should be no place of hatred in America.

At a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Sunday amidst the fierce fighting between Israeli-Hamas militants, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the fight should stop immediately. Nearly two dozen delegates attended the meeting to create international pressure for the ceasefire. It is noteworthy that China holds the chairmanship of the Security Council this month. The meeting was chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. 

Guterres said that the latest round of violence has triggered a series of deaths and devastation. The conflict has dashed hopes of living together. This struggle should stop immediately. In the meeting, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Malki criticized the US and other countries, who are supporting Israel by asserting that they have the right to defend themselves. He said that Israel is wiping out sleeping Palestinian families.

Gilad Erdan, Israel’s permanent envoy to the United Nations, denied Maliki’s accusations that it was not right to weigh Israel and Hamas with one scale. We protect our children with missiles while Hamas uses children to protect its missiles. US envoy Linda Thomas Greenfield said that US President Joe Biden has spoken to Israel and Palestinian leaders for the ceasefire. American foreigner Antony Blinken is also active on this issue. He immediately asked Hamas to stop the attack from the rocket. He also expressed concern over the communal riots in Israel.