Delta goes to Europe, First detected, October in India
Red list announced on 19th April for the 23rd April
UAE, 22nd April
France, 24th April
US, 4th May
During massive surge in India
Why is the UK worst / first effected?
April, 20,000 people arrived in UK from India in first 3 weeks
Multiple introductions
Any single introduction may simply die out
EU health officials, 90% of cases by late August.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57594954
Germany
Angela Merkel
Europe is on thin ice
All member states should quarantine arrivals from the UK
Headache and runny nose linked to Delta
Andrea Ammon, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
preliminary data shows that it can also infect individuals that have received only one dose of the currently available vaccines
Two doses offered high protection against the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant
France
Delta in Les Landes in the south-west, 70%
Nationally, 10%
30% fully vaccinated
President Emmanuel Macron
We should all be vigilant because the Delta variant is coming
We see that it affects people who have not yet been vaccinated or who have only had one dose, which means we have to be even faster in this vaccination campaign
Russia
Cases, + 20,000
Deaths, 569 deaths
Highest figures since January
Moscow – Delta variant, 90% of new infections, (mayor)
Vaccinations as of 16th June
First dose, 12.8%
Fully vaccinated, 9.9%
Portugal
New restrictions, Lisbon, Tagus valley
Delta more than 50% of new cases
Cabinet Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva
an attempt to contain the Delta variant
Country could have acted differently
Euro 2020
Germany v England in London next Tuesday
60,000 fans (75% capacity)
German World Medical Association
(Frank Ulrich Montgomery)
Travelling to the UK runs the risk of getting infected with the Delta variant
I consider it irresponsible for even vaccinated people to travel to London in this situation
Denmark
Asked 4,000 fans to get tested
Three people tested Delta positive
Last Thursday’s Denmark v Belgium
All three are thought to have been infected at the game
Boris Johnson
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
NHS covid app running in England
Fully vaccinating people offered a good way forward for resuming travel
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