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The Health Ministry <\/strong>reported<\/a><\/strong> 883 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 871 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 319,339 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 45 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 18,015.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Researchers suspect they may have found the most transmissible covid-19<\/strong> variant yet, <\/strong>with the AY.4.2 subvariant, a descendent of the covid-19 Delta strain thought to be 10-15% more infectious than its predecessor, the Financial Times<\/a> reports. Initial findings possibly explain the recent surge in case numbers throughout the UK, where it is already thought to be responsible for some 10% of cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Health Ministry reported 883 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 871 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 319,339 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 45 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 18,015. Researchers suspect they may have found the most transmissible covid-19 variant yet, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9250],"tags":[107,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-556302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-watch","tag-covid-19","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"45908f20-47ce-4828-b56b-a652dd6a15a3","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[556288],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nNew delta subvariant could be 10-15% more transmissible - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/10\/19\/new-delta-subvariant-could-be-10-15-more-transmissible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New delta subvariant could be 10-15% more transmissible\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Health Ministry reported 883 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 871 the day before. 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