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Latest news on the Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2, which is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
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Latest news on the Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2, which is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
According to Public Health England (PHE), which monitors all COVID variants in the country, Delta variant infections rose by 5,472 in a week to hit a total of 12,431 on Thursday.
Coronavirus: Britain ‘confident’ existing vaccines protect against B1.617.2 variant, health secretary says Matt Hancock said the country was ‘in a race between the vaccination programme and the virus’ but officials were assured ‘the vaccine will overcome’ The variant first identified in India ‘could spread like wildfire’, he said. Case numbers of it in the UK have risen from 520 to 1,313 this week
Covid vaccines almost certainly less effective against B1.617.2 transmission: UK expert The latest data on the B1.617.2 variant, published by Public Health England, shows the number of cases across the UK has risen from 520 last week to 1,313 cases this week. Share Via Email | A+A A- Appointments for a second dose of a vaccine will be brought forward from 12 to eight weeks for these groups. (Photo | AP) By PTI LONDON: The vaccines being administered to protect against COVID-19 are almost certainly less effective against preventing the transmission of the B1.617.2 variant first...