Variant may raise hospitalisation risk: UK – McIvor Times

The Delta variant of concern first identified in India is now dominant in the UK and might have an increased risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant, Public Health England says.There were 5472 new cases of the Delta variant reported in latest weekly figures, taking the total confirmed cases of the variant to 12,431, PHE said, adding it had overtaken Alpha, the variant first identified in England’s Kent, as the UK’s dominant variant.
The Delta variant is also thought to be more transmissible…

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