Delta variants threaten new pandemic challenges

 Even in countries with high vaccination rates, the highly contagious Delta variant has caused a surge in new COVID- 19 cases—experts warn that the immunization campaign is racing against time to control it

 Even in countries with high vaccination rates, the highly contagious Delta variant has caused a surge in new COVID- 19 cases—experts warn that the immunization campaign is racing against time to control it

There were 125 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country on the 21st , which is a new high in the past two months

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on Friday: “There are currently many concerns about Delta variants around the world, and WHO is also concerned about this

Cases are increasing in Russia, Australia, Israel and parts of Africa

 The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first discovered in India and began to spread around April

Delta is considered to be about 40% to 60% more infectious than Alpha, which itself is more infectious than the strain that caused the first wave of COVID-19

In the United States last week, 35% of the positive sequencing tests were identified as Delta variants, up from about 10% on June 5-similar to the numbers observed in Israel

Vaccination is the key Vaccination is the key

According to US media reports on Tuesday, the top US infectious disease scientist Anthony Fauci called this mutation the "biggest threat" to the virus control efforts and urged speeding up vaccination

According to US media reports on Tuesday, the top US infectious disease scientist Anthony Fauci called this mutation the "biggest threat" to the virus control efforts and urged speeding up vaccination

Although several studies have shown that vaccines are slightly less effective on Delta, they are still very effective-but only after the second vaccination

The delta virus is so contagious that experts say that more than 80% of the population needs to be vaccinated to control it-even for countries with large vaccination programs, this is a challenging goal

The WHO said on Friday that the dose of vaccine flowing to poorer countries through the Covax program is almost exhausted

Because there are still a large number of young people who have not been vaccinated, drastic measures may have to be taken again to stop the spread, even in countries where mass vaccination has failed to achieve reopening commitments
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In Europe, ECDC warned that any further relaxation of containment measures could lead to a surge in new cases of all ages
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