WHO: the pandemic is at a “very dangerous” moment due to the Delta variant
The rapid expansion of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, already detected in 98 countries, is causing the pandemic to be at a “very dangerous” moment, warned the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus . Although in areas such as Europe the alert has been relaxed due to the decrease in cases, “in countries with low vaccination rates there are still terrible scenes of saturated hospitals,” Tedros said at a press conference, after stating that the delta variant, which was first found in India, “it is rapidly becoming dominant.”
The Ethiopian expert assured that in the current circumstances “no country is completely safe”, given that the Delta variant, more contagious than those previously detected, can continue to mutate, so “constant evaluation and careful adjustment of the public health measures “. At this time, health and social preventive measures, such as the mask, physical distancing or the tracking of suspicious cases, are still very important, Tedros said.
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