Restrictions and more vaccinations will help prevent spread of the Delta variant, first minister says.
programme what the gap between current coverage and the estimated 80% herd immunity threshold meant for Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: "It leaves Wales not relying wholly and exclusively on vaccination as the only thing we can do to prevent coronavirus from overwhelming the health service again.
"The social distancing, the mask-wearing, the hand-washing, all those things are a defence against coronavirus, as is vaccination. "First of all, we press ahead with the vaccination programme to try to get as close to that 80% figure as we can."And for the time being, it's going to be a balance between those two things," he added.
The Delta variant first identified in India "became the dominant variant in Wales in late May-June", according to TAG.
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