Delta Variant Infects COVID-19 Vaccinated People

Public Health England (PHE) published 'SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England Technical Briefing #17 on June 25, 2021. Over the past two weeks, the Delta variant accounted for approximately 95% of sequenced and 92% of genotyped cases identified in England.

According to BusinessInsider reporting on June 28, 2021, of those who were fully vaccinated who caught the Delta variant, 50 died. The data represents about 45% of the total 117 deaths associated with the Delta variant in the UK.

PHE's Risk Assessment regarding the Delta variant says: 'All analyses continue to support increased transmissibility and reduced vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection. The interplay between the current findings of increased risk of hospitalization and preserved vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization requires careful consideration.'

'It is too early to assess the case fatality ratio than other variants,' says PHE.

The COVID-19 vaccines currently approved for use in the UK are from Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer - BioNTech.