The Delta variant of Covid-19 is almost 40% to 60% more transmissible than the original strain, and doubles the risk of hospitalization and severe forms of the disease, according to a British study.
Faced with the spread of the Delta variant and the fourth wave, several French cities and departments have decided to instate compulsory outdoor facemask-wearing again to curb the coronavirus epidemic.
Because of the increase in the spread of the Delta variant – a strain more contagious than the previous ones – the coronavirus epidemic is breaking out again in France. Now, the country officially enters the fourth wave.
In order to fight against the coronavirus variants’ threat, Pfizer-BioNTech is about to seek approval for a third dose of vaccine in the 6 months following the second shot to the European Medicines Agency.
