Delta variant doubles risk of COVID hospital admission: Study
Al Jazeera
The research published in The Lancet suggests protection from vaccines against the Delta variant first identified in India might be lower than against the Alpha variant first identified in the UK.
The Delta coronavirus variant doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the previously dominant variant in the United Kingdom, but two doses of vaccine still provide strong protection, a Scottish study has found. The study said early evidence suggested the protection from vaccines against the Delta variant, first identified in India, might be lower than against the Alpha variant, first identified in Kent, southeast England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to delay the ending of COVID-19 restrictions in England on Monday, following a rapid rise in cases of the Delta variant, which is also more transmissible than the Alpha variant.
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