The WHO warned that the highly transmissible Delta strain will become the dominant COVID-19 variant globally in the coming months. "96 countries have reported cases of the Delta variant, though this is likely an underestimate as sequencing capacities needed to identify variants are limited. As per the WHO, the Delta variant, with its increased transmissibility, expected to rapidly outcompete other variants and become the dominant variant over the coming months." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had stated last week that the Delta variant was spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations. "I know that globally there is currently a lot of concern about the Delta variant, and WHO is concerned about it too.

Source: dna July 01, 2021 08:26 UTC