The offshoot accounts for around 11 per cent of UK cases in the past 28 days and scientists believe it could be 10 to 15 per cent more transmissible than the original Delta parent, meaning it could at some point become the dominant strain. It was upgraded to a “variant under investigation” last month.
With many states across the country reopening schools for several classes even as concerns over a possible third COVID-19 wave are abound, a mathematical model suggests that an increase in cases among children is expected, but it will not lead to a new wave in the country. The findings of the model, authored by Brian Wahl, Sandeep Krishna and Gautam Menon and published in The Hindu, make a case for children returning to school.