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The UK says Delta Strain found to be 60% More Transmissible
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The UK says Delta Strain found to be 60% More Transmissible

The United Kingdom government said on Friday that the delta strain of the coronavirus is 60% more transmissible than the strain found in the country's Kent County. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that England's full reopening from Covid-19 lockdown, penciled in for June 21, could be pushed back due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Also, read| AIIMS chief says I don't Think that Covid will Seriously Affect Children in Future Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London told Reporters about Delta Strain He said that estimates of Delta strain transmission edge over Alpha had narrowed, and "we think 60% is probably the best estimate. Ferguson said that modeling suggested any third wave of infections could rival Britain's second wave in the winter - which was f...