Reports: Delta Variant Raise Concerns in Europe amid Easing COVID-19 Restrictions

Delta COVID-19 variant (Local Indian Strain) raised a sense of concern in Europe amid the easing of the pandemic restrictions, reports indicated on Sunday.

The UK witnessed a share rise in daily COVID-19 infections due to the tragic outbreak of the new variant. Experts highlighted that 91 percent of the current COVID-19 cases are by Delta strain.

This new wave of infections forced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay easing the pandemic restrictions for four weeks in England. On the other hand, Scotland and North Ireland are still keeping quasi-restricting measures.

While Portugal started locking parts of Lisbon including points of entering and exiting from the city due to the outbreak of the new strain. The decision comes into force last Friday. The government targeted to control the presence of the Indian variant in the state.

Regarding Germany, the authorities required all residents to be careful during their trips to the UK. On the other hand, the French Health Minister revealed that the Delta variant is responsible for an average of between 2% or 4% from the daily infections.

Finally, Denmark reported only 154 infections with the Delta variant, all of them are linked with coming abroad. But, the new strain started to spread locally in various provinces including Aarhus.