The new Delta Covid-19 variant is 60 percent more transmissible in households than the Alpha variant, which caused a surge in cases in January, new research shows
The British government says that the new Delta coronavirus variant is 60 percent more transmissible in households than the variant that forced the country to lock down in January.
New research from Public Health England "suggests that the Delta variant is associated with an approximately 60 percent increased risk of household transmission" compared to the Alpha variant identified in Kent, southeast England.
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