Variants may be responsible for coronavirus cases that evade vaccines, CDC finds

Published April 21, 2021 5:20pm ET



Coronavirus variants might be responsible for “breakthrough cases” of COVID-19 among the vaccinated, according to new research, raising concerns about the spread of the mutated virus.

A breakthrough case is one in which a person who has been fully vaccinated still gets infected with the virus.

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