impact on reducing the amount of hospitalisations and deaths and that opinion has not changed, so very strong views that that particular period of delay was an important thing to do to reduce deaths, cases and pressure on the nhs. secondly, there is extremely wide agreement that whenever we go through the next step there is going to be what s called an exit wave, there will be a wave associated with that, and the slower we take it, the fewer the people who will have covid, the smaller the number of people who go into hospital and die. so going very slowly through this step is essential. this is an overwhelming view of the scientific people who have looked at this, and of the medical profession. there was a letter on this by all the royal colleges of medicine for example
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it s accounting for around a third all new infections at the moment. and it s delayed the lifting of some of its restrictions because of a new surge. in the us, anthony fauci has warned there will soon be surges in cases of the delta variant in areas where vaccination rates are low. almost 60% of americans are fully vaccinated, but the rate varies sharply by region. and some areas like la county have gone back to recommending that vaccinated people wear masks. and in asia, many countries are battling a surge related to delta. indonesia imposed a partial lockdown on saturday, reporting almost 30,000 cases in one day on monday. here s the bbc s naomi grimley on why the strategy in england is out of sync with how some others countries. there is no no doubt it is a massive gamble, because if you think about it hitherto, when you ve had rising infections, you ve had more restrictions put on a population like the uk, not have them taken away. so that s where the gamble is. i guess what t