Commuters enter Oxford Circus London Underground station in London. Photo: AFP
Commuters enter Oxford Circus London Underground station in London. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus pandemic
World /  Europe

Delta coronavirus variant has 60 per cent transmission edge over Alpha, UK expert says

  • Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson said that up to a quarter of the Delta variant’s transmissibility edge over Alpha might come from its immune escape from vaccines
  • Boris Johnson has said that England’s full reopening from lockdown, set for June 21, could be pushed back due to the spread of the Delta variant

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Updated: 1:27am, 10 Jun, 2021

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Commuters enter Oxford Circus London Underground station in London. Photo: AFP
Commuters enter Oxford Circus London Underground station in London. Photo: AFP
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