It is becoming the dominant variant of the disease worldwide. They still need to protect themselves," Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, was quoted as saying during a news briefing. "People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene ... the physical distance, avoid crowding. However, about 50 per cent of vaccinated adults in the country have now been infected with the Delta variant, forcing it to re-impose wearing face masks indoors, the Wall Street Journal reported. But there's still the need for caution," Bruce Aylward, a senior advisor to the WHO's director-general, was quoted as saying by CNBC.

Source: Economic Times June 27, 2021 11:20 UTC