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Delta coronavirus variant: scientists brace for impact

The rapid rise of the highly transmissible strain in the United Kingdom has put countries in Europe, North America and Africa on watch.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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When the first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant were detected in the United Kingdom in mid-April, the nation was getting ready to open up. COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths were plummeting, thanks to months of lockdown and one of the world’s fastest vaccination programmes. Two months later, the variant, which was first detected in India, has catalysed a third UK wave and forced the government to delay the full reopening of society it had originally slated for 21 June.

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Nature 595, 17-18 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01696-3

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  1. Stowe, J. et al. Preprint at https://go.nature.com/3gnqwxr (2021).

  2. Bolze, A. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.20.21259195 (2021).

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