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Hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with the Alpha variant
Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta. (Representational image: PTI)
Geneva: The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday.
The Delta variant, also referred to as a double mutant because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant (initially detected in the United Kingdom) and will rapidly become the dominant strain of coronavirus globally, said the WHO.
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Her advice comes as the Delta variant is consistently linked to increased hospitalizations and has potential to be more contagious than its ancestral strain.
Scientists have much more to learn about the Delta variant, but Van Kerkhove said that there is some evidence of Delta aerosols containing higher volumes of the coronavirus than other strains.
Other WHO officials, including Michael Ryan, the Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Mariângela Simão, the Assistant Director General for Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals, echoed Van Kerkhove’s stance.
“We have to reduce our own exposure, so we get exposed to less virus, which is the infectious dose, and we have to ensure we’re wearing masks and doing other things to prevent us inhaling particles that will cause us to be sick,” Ryan said.
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