: Covid-19: What makes the Delta variant such a worry across the world? #IndiaNEWS While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on their shores, Delta is in fact driving

Covid-19: What makes the Delta variant such a worry across the world? #IndiaNEWS
While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on their shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of Covid-19 infections all around the world.With the World Health Organization warning Delta will rapidly become the dominant strain, let us take a look at this variant in a global context.Rise of DeltaThe Delta variant (B.1.617.2) emerged quietly in the Indian state of Maharashtra in October 2020. It barely caused a ripple at a time when India was reporting around 40,000 to 80,000 cases a day, most being the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7) first found in the United Kingdom.That changed in April when India experienced a massive wave of infections peaking at close to 400,000 daily cases in mid-May. The Delta variant rapidly emerged as the dominant strain in India.The WHO designated Delta as a variant of concern on May 11, making it the fourth such variant.The Delta variant rapidly spread around the world and has been identified in at least 98 countries to date. It is now the dominant strain in countries as diverse as the UK, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and Fiji. And it is on the rise.In the United States, Delta made up one in five Covid-19 cases in the two weeks up to June 19, compared to just 2.8% in the two weeks up to May 22.The infectious Delta variant has become...Read more

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