Does not hint at fatality / hospitalization angles, but nonetheless concerning
Wonder which of two (or both?) vaccines used is not working against the (S Africa) beta variant
In the meantime Delta has gone Delta+
2021 a replay of 2019, and 2022 a variant of 2020, should it happen so, not yet priced in; a guess.
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India Says Too Early to Judge Risk of Delta-Plus Covid Variant Bibhudatta PradhanJune 25, 2021, 9:31 PM GMT+8 India has found 48 cases of the Delta-plus Covid-19 variant across 11 states, but authorities say it is too early to tell whether it poses a significant threat like the strain that drove the nation’s devastating second wave, swamping the health system and overwhelming crematoriums.
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Seychelles Extends Virus Curbs Indefinitely as Outbreak Rages
June 25, 2021, 10:50 PM GMT+8
Seychelles extended curbs imposed on movement and gatherings indefinitely as the world’s most-vaccinated nation fights a persistently high number of coronavirus infections.
The palm-fringed Indian Ocean archipelago has seen a large number of infections since early May even though 70% of it 98,000 people are fully vaccinated with either Sinopharm or AstraZeneca Plc vaccines. It had rushed to conduct an inoculation campaign and reopen to tourism, the lifeblood of its economy.
“In view of the persistent community transmission of Covid-19, the increasing number of deaths, the confirmation of the presence of variants circulating in the population, the Public Health Authority is reinforcing the public health and social measures in place,” the health ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Bars, casinos and shops have to close at 7 p.m., events such as wedding celebrations are banned and gatherings of more than four people, unless its for work, is banned indoors and outdoors.
“These measures will remain in force and can only be relaxed when the outbreak is under greater control,” the ministry said.
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