Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The British government said the new variant of the Delta corona virus, previously called variant B.1,617.2 showed 60% more easily transmitted than other variants that had led the country to do so. lockdown last January.
“New research from Public Health England shows that the Delta variant is associated with an approximately 60% increased risk of transmission compared to the Alpha (B117) variant identified in Kent, southeast England,” the study said. AFP on Friday (11/6/2021).
First appearing in India, the Delta variant has led to an increase in cases of infection in the UK. It has also raised questions about whether or not lifting social distancing restrictions will go as planned from June 21.
Under the government’s roadmap, Britain plans to scrap rules on numbers at social gatherings and allow large weddings and nightclubs to reopen from June 21.
While the Kent variant caused a spike in Covid cases in January. This is also what causes lockdown for three months due to the overflowing capacity of many hospitals.
In response, the government stepped up public vaccination efforts, administering two doses of the vaccine to nearly 29 million adults and one dose to nearly 41 million people.
The government said it suggested a vaccination program to reduce the impact of the Delta variant, urging the public to get a second shot.
Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK’s Health Safety Agency, said that “two doses provided significantly more protection” against the Delta variant than one dose.
Daily cases rose to 7,393 cases on Thursday for a total of 4,542,986 infections so far. According to ministers in the UK, more than 90% of the new cases are the Delta variant. While there have been as many as 127,867 deaths from the virus, Europe’s worst toll.
But the number of patients in the hospital remains low, at just over 1,000. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said most hospitalized patients do not yet have the vaccine.
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