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The delta, or Indian, variant now scares Britain. 40-60% more contagious than the English one, which in turn exceeded the strain of last spring by 50%, now accounts for 91% of cases in England. The new wave is linked to her – between 7 thousand and 8 thousand cases a day, never so many since February – which is holding back reopening in England and has forced pupils to put their masks back in school: they were removed in May.
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