Berlin (dpa) – The rate of vaccination against the coronavirus has declined slightly in Germany, just as the more infectious Delta variant becomes the predominant strain, the official disease control body reported on Thursday.
Over the week to Sunday, an average of 710,000 shots were administered across the country every day, down from 800,500 the week before, the Robert Koch institute (RKI) said. The week before that was higher still, at more than 820,00 shots per day.
The Delta variant is held responsible for 59 per cent of infections during the week to June 27, with its share of the total almost doubling over the previous week. The RKI said it was likely the variant was by now behind two thirds of all infections.
By contrast, the Alpha variant declined from 91 per cent at the end of May to 33 per cent at the end of June. Other variants are as yet not significant in Germany.
In the face of calls for restrictions to be eased, Christine Falk, president of the German immunologists association, called for masks to be worn and other rules to be observed.
“If we do nothing, this thing will go through the roof,” she told dpa, pointing to evidence from Australia that the Delta variant is transmitted much more readily than Alpha.
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