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Does the Indian variant increase the risk of hospitalisation?

5 June 2021

10:23 AM

5 June 2021

10:23 AM

Is the Indian variant really more like to land you in hospital? That is the claim being widely reported this morning, based on Public Health England’s technical briefing 14. The briefing claims that the Indian (or Delta variant) is associated with a ‘significantly increased risk of hospitalisation within 14 days of specimen date.’

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