Several factors may be playing a role in the spike, including waning immunity, relaxed COVID restrictions, a slow booster-shot rollout, and the spread of the Delta Plus variant
A bouquet of flowers rests against the National Covid Memorial Wall on the South Bank of the River Thames on in London on October 15. The memorial is a public mural comprising thousands of red and pink hearts painted by volunteers in order to commemorate the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images Last Thursday, three months after the U.K.
“The relaxation [of rules] that happened over summer was a fairly drastic month going from, you know, quite, quite tight measures to very few restrictions,” Ravi Gupta of the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease told NBC News. “And I think that, in retrospect, a more graded approach may have prevented the surge that we’re seeing.”
Slow Booster Rollout Britain lifted most COVID restrictions thanks to the progress in its vaccine rollout. Initially, it outpaced most countries in vaccinations and set the narrative for Johnson’s Freedom Day. But the country is struggling to repeat those early successes, namely in its efforts to get teens vaccinated and roll out booster shots to elderly and at-risk people.
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