It is in recent days that the new delta plus variant has been discovered, a mutation in the delta variant. Ali Mirazimi, professor of clinical virology at Karolinska Institutet and part-time employee at the Swedish Public Health Agency, believes that the variant is so new that there is not yet much information about it.
– Now we know very little about the delta plus variant, but there is data from India that shows that it is a new variant that is starting to spread there. Indian researchers also say it may be even more contagious.
“Nothing to worry about”
Ali Mirazimi currently sees no reason to worry about the new plus variant.
– Right now it is interesting for researchers and authorities to follow up, but there is nothing that ordinary people need to be worried about.
According to Ali Mirazimi, two doses of vaccine protect well against the delta variants, but it is still unclear how well it protects against delta plus.
First case of delta plus discovery in Denmark
On Saturday, the Swedish Serum Institute, the Danish equivalent of the Swedish Public Health Agency, announced that the country discovered its first case of the delta plus variant. The case was discovered on June 21. The infected person was a passenger on a plane from Portugal.
The original delta variant was first discovered in India in October 2020, and was therefore formerly called the “Indian mutation”. Since the beginning of June, it has had widespread in the UK and has been behind 90 percent of all new cases. It has also established itself in several parts of Sweden and according to Jan Albert, infection control expert at Karolinska Institutet, the delta variant 50 percent more contagious than other corona variants.
See more in the clip above where virus researcher Ali Mirazimi tells how much the vaccine protects against delta variants.
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