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Concern Delta variant
Covid, Gb: Indian variant causes no increase in severe cases
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June 17, 2021 The rebound of infections from Covid continues in the United Kingdom by the Delta variant, imported from India.
In the last 24 hours, 11,007 new infections have been recorded, a daily peak since last February 19, on 1.1 million swabs.
Yesterday the infections were 9,005 and 7,393 a week ago.
For now, thanks to the effect of vaccines, the increase in deaths remains more contained, 19 today compared to 9 yesterday, and in hospital admissions, the total of which is now 1,227.
However, experts remain uneasy and preach caution, even if the vaccine doses injected are now close to 73 million. Today in the UK another 195,565 people were vaccinated with the first dose for a total of 42,216,654, 80.1% of the national adult population with one administration. The totally vaccinated are 30,675,207 (58.2%). From Friday, anyone over 18 will be able to get vaccinated.
The Delta variant is of concern
Precisely because of the alert linked to the delta variant, the government of Boris Johnson announced this week the postponement of the country's exit from the latest lockdown restrictions from 21 June to 19 July, trusting that a further advance on the vaccination front - with the increase by 19 July of the recalls up to over two thirds of the population and the extension of the mass administration of the first doses to young people - may contribute to more radically breaking the link between new infections and serious cases.
Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer of England and leading adviser to the British executive, warned today that the covid is not destined to be completely defeated anyway. And that a new wave must be considered probable between autumn and next winter - in the UK as elsewhere - due to both the ability to mutate of this specific virus and the general tendency of respiratory viruses to spread more in cold seasons.
Johnson himself has pointed out in recent days that, according to the prevailing opinion in the medical-scientific community, it is necessary to prepare to "live" with the coronavirus in the long term, although the gradual adaptation of vaccines to the different variants is destined for waiting. to limit its impact.
In Scotland 1,317 new cases, highest figure since January
Scotland has recorded 1,317 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours. It is the highest number of new infections since January 27, when 1,330 were detected. The Indian variant of the virus now prevails in the country, renamed 'Delta', which is more contagious. Since the start of the pandemic, Scotland has had 7,668 deaths caused by Covid.