The British covid-19 warning
Despite rapid vaccination, rising case numbers force Boris Johnson to delay reopening
AT FIRST THE government focused support—surge vaccination, wastewater testing and the like—where the covid-19 Delta variant (then known as B.1.617.2) had taken hold. Now, it is everywhere, accounting for 90% of cases, and so the support has spread, too; from Bolton and south London to Birmingham, Blackpool, Cheshire, Chester, Liverpool and Warrington. The battle to defeat the variant has been lost. The aim now is to stop cases spiralling.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The British warning”
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