Delta variant: They warn in Britain that a ter …

Despite the progress of vaccination and the significant drop in coronavirus cases recorded in Britain In recent months, the authorities have expressed concern about the continued advance of the Delta variant. Adam Finn, adviser to the British government, assured that a third wave infections is “definitely on the way” due to the rapid spread of the Covid-19 mutation.

The academic from the English University of Bristol stressed that the COVID-19 infection curve has not shown stability in recent weeks. “The cases are multiplying, and this third wave is definitely on the way,” he noted during a dialogue with the BBC.

The expert estimated that at the moment “there is a race between the vaccination program, in particular to provide the elderly with the second doses (of the preparation) and the third wave of the Delta (or India) variant”, which speeds up infections.

The JCVI continues to work to decide whether children should also be vaccinated against covid-19. For Finn, this decision is not, for the moment, “priority”. “Even if it were decided to vaccinate children, it would not be appropriate to do so now, neither here nor in any other part of Europe … vaccinating the adult population is clearly the priority at the momentBoris Johnson’s government adviser remarked.

According to the latest official data provided by the UK Department of Health – released on Friday – the number of infections recorded in the UK in 24 hours was 10,476. In addition, 11 more deaths have been reported from the disease, based on these figures.

Since the start of the pandemic, the country as a whole has reported a total of 127,956 deaths from the coronavirus.