Officials say variant’s R number is believed to be above 6, though most cases are mild
‘Massive increase’ in unvaccinated teens being hospitalised in US due to Delta variant
Most agree that the leading shots still offer strong protection against severe disease
‘Immune response will be longer lived so hopefully we are not going to need boosters every year’
Only three per cent of the country’s 1.3bn people have been fully vaccinated to date
Scientists unclear what is driving resurgence in cases across large number of states
World must learn to live with coronavirus and next pandemic may be more severe, WHO warns
Pharmaceutical companies not increasing capacity quickly enough – Serum Institute chief executive says
World update: France sees record number of new cases; New Zealand reports first death in months
World Health Organisation resumes trials after doubts raised about published research
Virus named Covid-19 at two-day meeting of World Health Organisation in Geneva
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