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COVID-19 The Delta variant is said to be the most worrying variant, Mother. Not without reason, the variant with the official name B1617 and first discovered in India is said to be more contagious than other variants.
Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes on everyone who has been vaccinated, to continue to apply health protocols, including the use of masks when in public places.
Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said masks were still used, both indoors and outdoors.
The reason, this variant can very quickly move from one person to another. Of concern, not everyone has been vaccinated, while the most effective way to slow or stop the Delta variant is to expand vaccination coverage as quickly as possible.
“The Delta variant is more infective, more infectious. With that said, plus there are still a large proportion of countries that haven’t had 50 percent of the population vaccinated, I think the mask recommendation was the most appropriate approach since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Dr Kirsten Lyke, professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. , quoted from TIME.
“I myself wear a mask inside and out even though I’ve been vaccinated. We’ve been quite surprised by the emergence of COVID-19. I’m not sure we fully understand the Delta variant, and the extent to which it’s contagious,” he continued.
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