High vaccination rates and public caution are seen as critical to keeping the Delta variant at bay in the U.K.
. The government also publishes significant amounts of data that allow the course of the pandemic to be closely tracked.
Between 90% and 94% of British adults have some degree of immunity to coronavirus from full or partial vaccination, or prior infection, the U.K. statistics office estimates, based on statistical analysis of blood samples. That is almost certainly playing a big role in keeping a lid on cases and ensuring subdued hospital admissions and deaths, say scientists, though school holidays, warm weather and other factors are also pushing against transmission.
A key test will come in the fall, doctors and scientists say, when schools return and colder temperatures drive people indoors, where the virus can spread more easily. How severe any winter resurgence will be is unclear.
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