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đBreakingâFears growing that a new #DeltaVariant subvariant has emerged after 5000 young people infected from attending a 53,000 music festival in Cornwallâlinked genetically to a Delta subtype. The region now has the highest #COVID19 rate in England. đ§”
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2) âIt was traced because they can identify where it came from by genetic changes in the code.â While it is being referred to among hospital staff in Devon and Cornwall as the âfestival variantâ, it is believed to be a new strain of Delta rather than an entirely new variant.â
3) ââItâs still the Delta variant but they can say it came from the festival, hence why it is being called the âfestival variantâ,â added the official.
The South-west peninsula now home to eight of the top ten areas in England with the highest rates of infection.
The South-west peninsula now home to eight of the top ten areas in England with the highest rates of infection.
