Public Health England has shown the Delta variant reduces the effectiveness of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines among people who have only received one shot, though protection is higher for those who have both doses. COVID19 9News
- detected in Melbourne after likely escaping from hotel quarantine - is 60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, a UK expert warns.had narrowed, and "we think 60 per cent is probably the best estimate".
Formerly known as B.1.617.2, or the Indian strain, Delta is the name given to a new variant of the strain which devastated India during its second wave. among people who have only received one shot, though protection is higher for those who have both doses. He has suggested UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson should consider continuing the lockdown in England to give more time for people to receive a second vaccine dose.So far, a large proportion of the people infected are within the less vulnerable younger age groups, many of whom have yet to receive a first dose.
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