COVID-19 Delta variant | virus variant | Britannica (original) (raw)
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Australia
In Scott Morrison: Fortress Australia, the stroll out, and the 2022 election …2021 of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus quickly revealed the vulnerability of “Fortress Australia,” and Morrison shifted strategies, refocusing the government’s prevention efforts to vaccination, the slow pace of which (mocked as a “stroll out”) became the object of increasing criticism. In July Morrison presented a four-phase… Read More
Canada
In Canada: The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the 2021 snap elections …at a time when the Delta variant, a new strain of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, was sweeping the country. Trudeau countered by criticizing O’Toole for his advocacy of a voluntary response to the pandemic grounded in frequent testing rather than aggressive (and in some circumstances mandated) vaccination. Read More
In Justin Trudeau: The 2021 snap election …the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the so-called Delta variant, was sweeping the country. Meanwhile, Trudeau attacked O’Toole for advocating that federal civil servants, workers in federally regulated industries, and travelers by plane, ship, or interprovincial train be free to choose being tested for COVID-19 instead of being vaccinated. As many Canadians seemed… Read More
coronavirus
In coronavirus …the emergence of the so-called Delta variant, which was even more contagious than the original form of the virus, led to breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals and was a significant cause of illness and hospitalization among the unvaccinated. Likewise, in late 2021, a variant named Omicron became the dominant strain… Read More
India
In India: Addressing COVID-19 and its economic impact …infections, driven by the so-called Delta variant, quickly dwarfed that of 2020; hospitals and crematoriums were filled to capacity, and vital supplies such as medical oxygen ran out. The wave peaked in May but continued to devastate the country through much of June. Read More
In Narendra Modi: Premiership of Narendra Modi …cases caused by the new Delta variant had overwhelmed the country’s health care system. Modi, who had held massive political rallies ahead of state elections in March and April, was criticized for neglecting the surge. The BJP ultimately lost the election in a key battleground state despite heavy campaigning. In… Read More
Iran
In Iran: Presidential term of Ebrahim Raisi …COVID-19 infections due to the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the government ramped up its vaccination drive that same month. Little was done in the ensuing months to address continued hardship and rising inflation, although Raisi’s weekly tours around the country sought to signal his determination to combat the economic crisis. Read More
New Zealand
In Jacinda Ardern: The road to resignation …waves of the more infectious Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19—which crested in New Zealand in November 2021 and (exponentially more explosively) March 2022, respectively—forced Ardern to abandon her “zero COVID” policy. The focus of her government’s response to the pandemic shifted from lockdowns to an emphasis on vaccination and… Read More
In Taiwan: The Tsai Ing-wen presidency …until the outbreak of the Delta variant in May 2021. That spike was contained within about two months. Although the breakout of the Omicron variant later drove up case numbers to dramatically higher levels than those of the first surge, by June 2022 more than 80 percent of Taiwanese had… Read More
