Tag: Mitigation

UK: Delta coronavirus variant could push R to 7 without mitigations says PHE chief

Dr Susan Hopkins, Public Health England’s strategic COVID-19 response director, told the Science and Technology Committee of the UK Parliament today that if the Delta variant B16712 was “unmitigated”, left to spread without any lockdown restrictions, the R number could become “greater than five and maybe up to seven”.  More...

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UK: BMJ letter – “we need an urgent focus on mitigations in schools” for Delta coronavirus variant

“On the 17 May 2021, the UK government removed the requirement for face coverings in secondary schools in England.  More...

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