June 9, 2021

Q&A on the B.1.617.2 delta variant: what do and don’t we know?

The SMC brought together a panel of scientists to answer journalists’ questions about what we do and don’t know from the evidence so far about the B.1.617.2 delta variant, and what uncertainties remain.

Speakers included:

Dr Jeff Barrett, Director of the COVID-19 Genomics Initiative, the Wellcome Sanger Institute

Prof Wendy Barclay, G2P-UK lead, and Action Medical Research Chair in Virology, Imperial College London

Prof Neil Ferguson, Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London