Delta subvariant won’t change COVID picture, Oxford vaccine chief says – The Peninsula Qatar

Delta subvariant won’t change COVID picture, Oxford vaccine chief says – The Peninsula Qatar

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London: A subvariant of Delta that is growing in England is being monitored but is not likely to change the COVID-19 picture, Oxford Vaccine Group chief Andrew Pollard said on Wednesday.

The subvariant, designated as AY.4.2 in Britain, is growing and accounted for about 6% of all sequences generated, the UK Health Security Agency said last week, but it has not been labelled as "under investigation" or a "variant of concern".