The highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant is threatening to put the world in a new stage of the pandemic. What can be done to stop its spread, and how will it hamper global efforts to return to normalcy? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily. https://t.co/Md6t7X6ZD0

— NYT Health (@NYTHealth) July 7, 2021

Nearly half of US seeing increase in COVID-19 cases: analysis https://t.co/ZJlmJkBjj4 pic.twitter.com/Rwi0hGZBTL

— The Hill (@thehill) July 7, 2021

The highly contagious delta variant now accounts for > 51% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to new estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control& Prevention.. in parts of the U.S., the delta strain accounts > 80% of new infections https://t.co/SREkjsKVh2

— Nurul Izzah Anwar 🇲🇾 🌺 (@n_izzah) July 7, 2021

The Delta variant has surged in countries with even better vaccination rates than the U.S., and yet many states are already acting like the pandemic is over https://t.co/Uy9d7UTOJT

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 6, 2021

More than 125 people who attended a religious camp in Texas last month have tested positive for Covid-19. Camp officials also warned that many more people may have been exposed to the virus. https://t.co/ijwma12VUX

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 7, 2021

Covid: Sydney lockdown extended as Delta outbreak spreads https://t.co/iv2qE1YyyN

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 7, 2021

The Israeli government says its analysis has shown the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appears to be less effective against infections caused by the Delta variant compared to other strains of Covid-19 https://t.co/m7Q1lvEo70

— CNN (@CNN) July 6, 2021

"Will we be different when we’re no longer living with COVID-19? Yes and no. Most of us will, in all likelihood, return largely to our pre-pandemic norms," writes @Jamie_Ducharme.

"Some people will make lasting changes to their lives" https://t.co/ghTeJIpGhk

— TIME (@TIME) July 7, 2021

Boris Johnson cries ‘freedom’ to fill the void where his leadership should be | Rafael Behr https://t.co/2x2E3eu3j9

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 6, 2021

Johnson has once again gambled the health, lives and wellbeing of the people he is governinghttps://t.co/sqsyS4BigY

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 6, 2021

Boris Johnson told the UK to reconcile itself to more COVID-19 deaths as England prepares to lift almost all restrictions amid a new surge. https://t.co/U23MSz0fnE

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 6, 2021

Professor Robert West, a member of Boris Johnson’s own scientific advisory group for emergencies, described the prime minister’s plan to lift most coronavirus restrictions in two weeks as “madness” as he urged Nicola Sturgeon to chart a different course https://t.co/nmqIXKyQsa

— The Times Scotland (@thetimesscot) July 6, 2021

NI's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill says NI will not be following the PM's "reckless model" for ending Covid-19 restrictionshttps://t.co/IhDoLTJU3A

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) July 6, 2021

Boris Johnson is absolutely right to lift all Covid restrictions. The data is clear, as long as you flip it and look at it upside down. pic.twitter.com/7fZcbTPpNx

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 5, 2021

Heart goes out to 640k children (375k week before) who’ve been sent home because of Delta variant chaos caused by @borisjohnson whilst incompetent @GavinWilliamson leaves slew of unanswered Questions- where is support now? is this term written off? masks? https://t.co/vTDpGrYn9g

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 6, 2021