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Washington Post - What we know about the highly infectious coronavirus delta variant

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While scientists are still studying the variant to better understand it, its impact can be seen in India, where Delta contributed to a spike in cases in recent months that saw the daily death toll hit a record 4,500 people. Hancock said the British government believed the delta variant was 40 per cent more contagious than the alpha variant, also known as B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the UK and scientists were still studying the matter.	While scientists are still studying the variant to better understand it, its impact can be seen in India, where it contributed to a surge in cases in recent months that led to daily death tolls topping a record 4,500. On Monday, Hancock said before Parliament that the British government believed that the delta variant was 40 percent more transmissible than the alpha variant, also known as B.1.1.7, which was first detected in Britain. Scientists are still studying the matter.

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Washington Post

While scientists are still studying the variant to better understand it, its impact can be seen in India, where Delta contributed to a spike in cases in recent months that saw the daily death toll hit a record 4,500 people. Hancock said the British government believed the delta variant was 40 per cent more contagious than the alpha variant, also known as B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the UK and scientists were still studying the matter.

While scientists are still studying the variant to better understand it, its impact can be seen in India, where it contributed to a surge in cases in recent months that led to daily death tolls topping a record 4,500. On Monday, Hancock said before Parliament that the British government believed that the delta variant was 40 percent more transmissible than the alpha variant, also known as B.1.1.7, which was first detected in Britain. Scientists are still studying the matter.

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