Category: Scotland
UK: Delta with K417N – the “mountaineers” variant – PHE coronavirus Delta-AY.1 update
Of the 36 cases of Delta-AY.1 (mountaineers) variant, 27 cases were known to have a vaccination status within the National Immunisation Management System (NIMS). More...
UK: a full national coronavirus lockdown is needed by 21st June 2021
Britain’s second wave of Covid-19 started in early September 2020. More...
UK: PHE on Delta Variant – 6.2% vaccine breakthrough with both doses
I see people stressing about vaccination death data due to some unclear #scicomms on here…
So here it is: we know of 33,206 cases of Delta variant (28,917 with vax info)
1,785 were fully vaccinated and *still* got infected (6.2% of cases)
Of these 1,785, 12 died (0.7%)
— Meaghan Kall (@kallmemeg) June 11, 2021
More...Will leave the brilliant @JamesWard73 to estimate VE against those numbers
Of note is the high % of severe outcomes among people breakthrough infections.
UK: Delta variant is more infectious than the Alpha variant despite vaccinations
Shown above, the UK 2nd coronavirus wave, from September 6th to October 2nd 2020. More...
UK: massive rise in Delta coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases
“There are currently 1,917 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in vaccinated people, an increase of 89% from 1,014 cases, compared to 9,991 new daily symptomatic cases in unvaccinated people. More...
UK: Matt Hancock coronavirus PPE – “we did manage to ensure that at a national level we had the PPE”
No we didn’t. #WeKnowYouAreLying
More...NHS Staff Using Bin Bags and Ski Goggles for #Coronavirus Protection.
UK: Hospice doctor – “Matt Hancock *has* lied during the pandemic – and I can prove it”
More...Today @matthancock will attempt to persuade the Commons that he's behaved impeccably throughout this pandemic – and that Cummings’ accusations of serial lying are, themselves, a lie.
UK: one week until B.1.617.2 Delta coronavirus variant takes off
9th June 2021: If the previous waves of Sars-CoV-2 in the UK are anything to go by, Britain is less than one week away from the B16172 Delta variant exploding into another full-blown national health crisis. More...
UK: What happens after June 21st 2021 – Britain’s coronavirus “Freedom Day”?
By Step 4 which will take place no earlier than 21 June, the UK government hopes to be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact. More...
Portugal: dropped from UK travel green list after just two weeks
Portugal is axed from UK’s green list and relegated to the Amber list. More...