Covid: Study found who is most affected by the Delta variant | the Chronicle

Although it has been a few months since the variant Delta of coronavirus (Covid) “he came to light” and it is one of the most feared on the planet, a British study has found who is most likely to suffer from it.

The strain initially discovered last December in the India, and has already quickly spread around the world circulates in more than 80 countries, including the Latin American region, and in this context, a survey by the UK Public Health Agency found that the young adults not yet vaccinated are the main affected group by the strain.

In this regard, they specified that in nearly 66.4% of cases with the Delta variant whose vaccination status is known (81,014 cases) in the United Kingdom, the infected people have not been vaccinated; 7.7% had received a first dose for less than 21 days, 16.9% for more than 21 days and 8.9% had received two doses, according to the agency report.

84.6% of the adult population in the UK have received at least one dose of the vaccine and the 62.1% are fully vaccinated. The government decided late last year to postpone the second dose to reach more people with the first dose.

United Kingdom: more cases, stable hospitalizations

Nadhim Zahawi, the minister in charge of vaccination, stressed that although cases are increasing, hospitalizations for severe cases in hospitals are not increasing. Among people who have received two doses of the vaccine against COVID-19[feminine et ils ont été infectés par la variante Delta, moins d’une personne sur 10 a été hospitalisée.

« La plupart des jeunes adultes n’ont qu’une seule dose de vaccin, voire aucune. Ce sont eux qui marquent l’augmentation des cas. La bonne nouvelle : les hospitalisations ne semblent pas monter trop haut pour l’instant », commenté sur Twitter le docteur Oscar Cingolani, professeur agrégé de médecine à l’Université Johns Hopkins aux États-Unis.

En ce sens, il a précisé que “Ayant du personnel à risque entièrement vacciné et majoritairement des personnes âgées, on observe que les cas affectent la population plus jeune, avec une variante plus transmissible.”

Les données publiées par la Health Agency of England font partie d’une enquête réalisée entre le 1er février et le 21 juin. Environ 92 000 infections avec cette variante (dont près de 80.000 au cours des 28 derniers jours), selon le dernier bulletin publié vendredi.