France tackles delta virus variant while preparing to reopen for tourists
French health authorities are racing to contain scattered cases of the more contagious delta virus variant, as France prepares ...
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Covid-19: Delta variant 40% more transmissible, says UK health minister
The Delta variant is now the dominant strain in the UK. The Delta variant of the coronavirus ...
Covid-19: Australia’s Victoria detects Delta variant in latest outbreak
The new variant had not been linked to any sequenced Covid-19 cases across Australia from hotel quarantine or ...
Covid-19: Delta variant now dominant in UK as cases rise by 5,472 in a week
LONDON: The Delta variant of Covid-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, ...
UK in talks for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against South African variant
The U.K. government is in talks with AstraZeneca to buy coronavirus vaccine doses that are designed to protect against ...
Only one of three strains of COVID variant first detected in India now a concern: WHO
The UN health agency said that in order to reflect this updated information, B.1.617 has been delineated United Nations: ...
Indian Covid variant surge proves test-and-trace system ‘doesn’t work’, top biologist warns
The dramatic surge of infections with the Indian Covid variant proves that the £37bn test-and-trace system “doesn’t work”, an ...
B.1.617: WHO labels Covid strain first found in India as ‘Delta’ variant
India oi-Madhuri Adnal | Published: Monday, May 31, 2021, 23:45 New Delhi, May 31: The World Health Organization ...
WHO Announces New Labels For Covid Strains, B.1.617 First Found In India Named ‘Delta Variant’
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the Covid-19 variant first found in India will be referred ...
Vietnam, Facing Covid Surge and New Variant, Tightens Restrictions
Vietnam, which is coping with its worst outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, announced new restrictions for its largest city ...