Delta variant
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People with Omicron are significantly less likely to develop severe symptoms, according to new analysis by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) released on Thursday. Early results suggest people are 30 to 45 per cent less likely to go to A&E if they are infected with Omicron rather than Delta. They are also 50 to…
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A total of 777.046 million people in China have been fully vaccinated, said National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng at a press conference on Friday. That’s more than half of the total population. More than 1.83 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China as of Thursday, said Mi. “As of the midnight of…
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China has punished nearly 47 officials over the recent outbreak of COVID-19’s Delta variant in the country, a media report said on Tuesday. At least 47 officials nationwide, ranging from the heads of local governments, health commissions, hospitals and airports, have been punished for negligence. In Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, 15 officials were…
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Scientists at the United Kingdom’s health regulator Public Health England on Friday flagged early signs that vaccination against Covid-19 may not prevent transmission of the Delta variant of the infection, Reuters reported. The observation means that those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant as easily as those who have…
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Australia’s largest city Sydney begins a two-week lockdown on Saturday to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of the Delta variant. Millions of residents woke on Sunday to the first full day of coronavirus lockdown, as Australia tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. Sydney’s cluster of cases of the highly infectious…
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