Xinhua News Agency, Stockholm, June 23 (Reporter Fu Yiming) The latest risk assessment issued by the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 23rd stated that the delta strain of the new crown virus originally discovered in India is expected to become a European epidemic in August.
The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out in the risk assessment report that based on existing evidence, the delta strain is 40% to 60% higher than the alpha strain (the first B.
The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also warned that if personal protective measures such as social distancing, hand and respiratory hygiene, and wearing masks are relaxed, the number of new confirmed cases and the corresponding number of hospitalizations and deaths may rise to last year.
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention has called for the speed of vaccination to be accelerated
"Unfortunately, preliminary data indicate that the delta strain can also infect people who have received only one dose of the vaccine
Amon pointed out that, against the delta strain, groups that have been vaccinated with two doses are better protected from infection
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