A new “signal” of new variant—Public health officials are investigating a new variant that could have emerged in the North-East 🏴 even amid #DeltaVariant takeover—the region has seen fastest rise in #COVID19 cases in past 7 days. How about #ZeroCovid now? inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
2) “Six out of the top 10 UK areas with the highest prevalence for Covid-19 in the past week are now in the North-East, including South Tyneside, where there are 828.6 infections per 100,000 people, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with 744 per 100,000.”
3) “While the Delta variant is the dominant variant in the region, as in the rest of Britain, scientific advisers have noticed a “signal” in the North-East surge which could be linked to a new strain that originated in the UK.”
4) “Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: “The rapid increase across the North-East over the last week should have been ringing alarm bells in [Health Secretary] @sajidjavid Sajid Javid’s office.
5) ““We know that when transmission is high there are more opportunities for the virus to replicate and mutate and it’s important we fully understand what’s happening.
6) “But this is a reminder why you always need to get ahead of this virus, be cautious and take action to cut transmission, otherwise it quickly gets ahead of you.”
7) England is now the new leading breeding ground for new variants in Europe with surging #COVID19 cases. #DeltaVariant is surging across Europe now.
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1413931514954489860
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