Institute of Public Health of England

British Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, warned today that it is too early to say whether the restrictive measures will be lifted on June 21. He stated that after the latest reports showed that the new delta strain is 40% more contagious than the British one.

The new coronavirus version, presenting both the characteristics of the British strain B1.1.7 and the E484K mutation, which according to some studies can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines against the virus, has been identified in Romania, based on sequencing performed at the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava (USV), shows a press release sent to AGERPRES, on Monday, by the spokesperson