The New South Wales (NSW) state government has extended its mandate to wear masks while on public transport and in most indoor settings for another week after 10 new locally-acquired cases of the Delta strain of the CCP virus were reported. The new public health mandate will be in effect until midnight on June 30….
Biden: US Likely Won’t Go Back Into Lockdown Over Delta Variant
The prevalence of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 will probably not prompt the United States to re-enter lockdown, President Joe Biden said Friday. “I don’t think so because so many people have already been vaccinated,” he said at the White House when asked about the possibility. “But the Delta variant can…
Delta Coronavirus Variant Believed to Have 60 Percent Transmission Advantage: UK Epidemiologist
LONDON, UK—The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, a prominent UK epidemiologist said on Wednesday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that England’s full reopening from COVID-19 lockdown, pencilled in for June 21,…
UK Urges Millions in Indian COVID-19 Variant Hotspots to Minimise Travel
The UK government has urged a total of 5.7 million people, the equivalent of 10 percent of the population of England, to minimise travel and to meet outside rather than inside in order to curb the spread of the Indian CCP virus variant. Addressing the House of Commons on Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said…
Australia’s Delta Strain Outbreak Traced Back to Hotel Quarantine
The outbreak of the highly infectious Indian Delta strain of the CCP virus in the Australian state of Victoria has been traced back to a person who was in hotel quarantine in the state. Acting Premier James Merlino said authorities genomically linked the west Melbourne Delta cluster to a man who arrived in Australia from Sri…
Five New Local Virus Cases Recorded in Victoria
The Victorian government has recorded five new local COVID-19 cases, bringing the size of the state’s current outbreak to 70 cases amid the Australian state’s fourth lockdown. As Melbourne enters its second weekend of strict lockdown, authorities are combing through virus samples and genomic sequencing from across the country to determine how a Victorian family…
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