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Advertisement Victoria has recorded 11 new local cases of COVID-19 as Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton hit out at thousands of lockdown protesters who descended on the CBD on Saturday. The Health Department said the new locally-acquired cases are all linked to the current outbreaks and were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period. There was one new case in hotel quarantine and there are currently 179 cases active in Victoria. Health authorities received 32,385 tests on Saturday, and delivered 17,370 vaccine doses. As of 8am on Sunday, the Victorian Health Department had not a...
The B1617 Covid-19 variant is spreading worldwide at 'frightening speed' and could aggravate the pandemic - particularly in countries with low vaccination rates.
Representational image of coronavirus | Image credit: crowf/freepik The B1617 Covid-19 variant is spreading worldwide at a ‘frightening speed’ and could aggravate the pandemic — particularly in countries with low vaccination rates, according to the latest assessment of the virus by experts here. The B1617 strain is becoming increasingly dominant worldwide and this will not be the last time that the virus mutates, the Strait Times reported on Sunday. What is frightening is the speed at which this variant is able to spread and circulate widely within the community, often surpassing the c...