Uk, the Delta variant with 90% prevalence. “In all 42 deaths, 12 had been vaccinated”

In the country that most in Europe vaccinated, starting a campaign of immunization which has become a prototype virtuoso worldwide for speed e capillarity, today it is the variant that is worrying Delta (i.e. Indian). If in recent days the British Minister of Health Matt Hancock had stated that it was “40% more transmissible” than that English, today that figure is revised by Public Health England (Phe), which raises the rate to 60%. The same institute also confirms that 90% of new cases in England is due to the mutation Delta: in Kingdom United 42,323 cases have been diagnosed so far, an increase of 29,892 infections compared to a week ago, according to data from the British health system. And in the past 24 hours, infections have risen to 8,125 from yesterday’s 7,393, the highest level since February. The dead are 17 against 7 yesterday. There British Medical Association – reports the Guardian – launched an appeal to delay the easing of the latest restrictions still in force, which the government planned to remove on 21 June, due to the “rapid increase” of cases.

Deaths caused by the Delta variant – Phe, however, considers it “encouraging” that this increase in contagion is not accompanied by a proportional increase in hospitalizations in the same proportions. However, it should be noted that in the only one England so far they have died in total 42 people for the Indian variant and of these 12 had received a double dose of vaccine for at least 14 days. As for the others, 23 were unvaccinated and seven had received their first dose for at least 21 days.

The growth rate of ‘Delta’ cases – It is increasing in all areas of the country, and counts 39,061 cases in England, 3.035 in Scotland, 184 in Wales and 43 in Northern Ireland. The doctor Jenny Harries, Director of the UK Health Safety Agency, said: “With the increase in Delta variant cases across the country, the vaccination is our best defense. If you are eligible, please get vaccinated and remember that two doses provide significantly more protection than one ”.

The overtaking of the variant Delta on that Alpha, has explained Hancock, took place in May in Great Brittany: the variant Delta, first seen in India, has become dominant and surpassed what had been the protagonist of the last intense wave of Covid-19 in British soil, originally identified in Kent. According to one epidemiological study, quoted from Financial Times, the cases of Covid-19 in the UK they have more than doubled in the past week. Tim Spector, of King’s College London, lead author of the study, attributes the growth of infections to increased social contacts and the highly transmissible Delta variant, now the dominant strain in the UK. The expert highlights that Covid-19 has become “an epidemic among unvaccinated and partially vaccinated populations”, adding that fully vaccinated people have “much greater protection”.

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