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Delta Variant might cause UK to reimpose restrictions

UK’s plans to lift up COVID-19 restrictions from England, received criticism from a letter backed by 1200 scientists LONDON, ENGLAND - Following Italy, many countries lifted the COVID-19 restrictions after the situation was controlled. UK’s announcement to lift up England’s COVID restrictions added England into this list. UK announced to lift up all restrictions in England by 19th July. This announcement surely did made people living in England really happy however it was faced by a large amount of criticism from many health officials. The start of 2021 wasn’t very pleasant for most countries in the world. The number of COVID-19 cases kept on increasing and even after continuous efforts of governments, results were same. Countries in Europe were also devastated by the spread of COVI...
Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?
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Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?

Delta Variant is 40-60% more transmissible than Alpha and almost twice as transmissible as the original Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant is the variant of concern that WHO is tracking and monitoring around the world. All viruses – including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – evolve over time. When a virus replicates itself, it x=changes its DNA structure in such a way as to alter the physical composition of that DNA gene. These changes are called “Mutations”. A virus with one or more new mutations is called a “Variant” of the original virus. Evolution B.1.617.2 is another name of Delta Variant. This was first identified in India in December 2020 and led to major outbreaks in the country. Now 96 countries have reported Delta Variant cases and delta variant will c...