Category: Alpha
Delta coronavirus variant now dominant in the USA
The highly transmissible Delta variant is the most common strain of the Covid-19 virus circulating in the U.S., More...
Israel: Delta variant causing an increase in recorded coronavirus cases
Some 307 new coronavirus cases were identified in Israel on Wednesday. More...
From Alpha to Delta – how Britain won and then lost the fight against coronavirus
After months of being ravaged by the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7) in 2020, Britain seemed to turn a corner in its fight with the coronavirus in early 2021. More...
Israel: Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba, Modi’in and Kochav Yair classified as coronavirus hotspots
Tel Aviv and Kfar Saba were classified as coronavirus hotspots on Sunday, or ‘yellow’ under the Israeli health ministry’s traffic light system. More...
Poland: Second coronavirus outbreak on mink farm detected – all mink to be killed
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus outbreak has been detected in two mink farms in the Biała Podlaska district (eastern Poland), the Chief Veterinary Officer informed. More...
Russia: “Moscow” coronavirus variant – 1,705 new patients, 468 on ventilators, 71 deaths in one city in one day
Moscow has documented 6,805 new COVID-19 cases on June 15. More...
UK: massive rise in Delta coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases
“There are currently 1,917 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in vaccinated people, an increase of 89% from 1,014 cases, compared to 9,991 new daily symptomatic cases in unvaccinated people. More...
UK: What happens after June 21st 2021 – Britain’s coronavirus “Freedom Day”?
By Step 4 which will take place no earlier than 21 June, the UK government hopes to be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact. More...
Preprint: Prevalent evidence of coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 Delta in post-vaccinated individuals in India
“We sequenced all samples of vaccination-breakthrough cases at NCDC, Delhi, over the period of the study. More...
UK: government risk assessment of coronavirus Delta variant B.1.617.2 – evidence of frequent vaccine failure or decreased effectiveness in humans * UPDATED *
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- * UK risk assessment for Delta variant as per 10th June 2021
Previous UK risk assessment as per 3rd June 2021
The UK government risk assessment for B.1.617.2 Delta variant has been published today and it’s NOT good news. More...