Delta variant: 'Government was not wrong, some of the scientists were wrong' – expert
Netwerk24 Amid criticism that government was slow to act after the first cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 were confirmed, a leading expert has spoken out. Government relies on a surveillance network for the early detection of different strains of the coronavirus that are circulating. Dr Richard Lessells, part of the team that first found the B1.351 variant last year, says he was wrong to think the Delta variant would not become the dominant variant in the country. Dr Richard Lessells, a leading infectious diseases expert, has admitted that scientists may have been wrong in thinking th...