Delta variant

Covid 19 Restrictions To be Extended in UK

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce that the end of COVID-19 restrictions will be delayed due to the rapid rise in infections of the Delta variant.
  • The government signalled all social restrictions imposed to control the spread of the disease would be lifted “no earlier” than June 21.
  • But in recent weeks there has been a fast growth again in the number of new cases caused by the Delta variant, first discovered in India.

A recent Reuters news report gives a kind of...

https://mfame.guru/covid-19-restrictions-to-be-extended-in-uk/

Will the Third Wave of Covid Be More Serious Than UK’s First Two?

Will the Third Wave of Covid Be More Serious Than UK’s First Two? says an article in The Guardian.

Restrictions to lift from 21 June

Summer has nearly arrived and the UK is beginning to unlock from coronavirus restrictions, with a full lifting still on the cards in England on 21 June.

Yet the specter of the Delta variant is casting an ominous shadow, with concerns it could fuel the third wave. So just how serious could the next peak be – and could it be more serious than Britain’s first two...

https://mfame.guru/will-the-third-wave-of-covid-be-more-serious-than-uks-first-two/

Covid 19 Restrictions To Cause Delays of 14 Days in China Port

  • Maersk is warning of delays of 14 days upwards at Yantian port due to heightened Covid restrictions, and lines are omitting and diverting more calls in South China.
  • The Covid-19 situation has resulted in Guangdong province with tighter controls as mass testing in regional capital Guangzhou.
  • It reveals more cases of the Delta variant are causing serious delays are normally highly efficient South China ports.
  • The restrictions are causing delays and congestion at Yantian, Shekou and Nansha ports.

https://mfame.guru/covid-19-restrictions-to-cause-delays-of-14-days-in-china-port/

Delta Variant ‘60% More Transmissible’ than Kent Strain, Warns Scientist

  • The Delta variant of coronavirus, first discovered in India, is anywhere between 30% to 100% more transmissible than the previously dominant Alpha (or Kent) variant.
  • Prof Neil Ferguson sounds warning as remaining lockdown restrictions are due to be lifted 21 June.

The COVID-19 variant first identified in India is thought to be around 60% more transmissible than the Kent variant, reports the Guardian quoting one of Britain’s leading scientists.

Rapid spreading variant

Professor Neil Ferguson, an...

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