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PAHO shares advice on avoiding infections by highly contagious Delta variant Spread the love Limiting access to travellers from certain countries and/or closing borders completely are some of the measures advised to countries like Antigua and Barbuda, amid the threat of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus. The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) discussed these measures during a media briefing late this week, following confirmation that the variant has been sequenced by laboratories in Aruba, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico and St Martin. The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is said to be 40-60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant – first identified in the UK – which has been identified here in Antigua and Barbuda. It’s important to note that the Alpha variant was already said to be about 50 percent more transmissible than the original strain of the virus.

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