Part of reason for the government’s decision to lift the restrictions, that has been criticised by scientists and doctors for lacking any evidence to justify it, was due to the efficacy of the vaccine against current variants.
Although current vaccines were designed to combat the original coronavirus variant that spread around the world in late 2019, early 2020, they are still effective against Omicron, Omicron BA.2, and could remain effective against the latest variant, Deltacron.
Deltacron is a recombinant variant, meaning it is a combination of two variants, specifically Delta and Omicron.
There was concern Deltacron would cause the severe illness of Delta with the transmissibility of Omicron; however, scientists are not concerned having observed Deltacron for several months.
