Varian Delta which has the official name B1617.2 and was first discovered in India is said to be more easily transmitted. In fact, some parties are worried that this variant has the potential to ‘escape’ from the vaccine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed that people who have been vaccinated should still wear masks when in public.
Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed, masks are still used both indoors and outdoors. The reason, this variant can very quickly move from one person to another.
The concern is, not everyone is vaccinated while the most effective way to slow or stop varian Delta 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, Friday (2/7/2021).
“I myself wear a mask inside and out even though I’ve been vaccinated. We’ve been quite shocked by the emergence of COVID-19. I’m not sure we fully understand varian Delta, and the extent to which it has been contagious.”
The same thing was also confirmed by a specialist in internal medicine from Indonesia, Dr. Andi Khomeini Takdir, SpPD. According to him, whatever variant you face, the most effective way to protect yourself is to use a mask.
“Whatever variant is later released, the key is actually simple, a mask. We already know the PR, that a 2-layer mask has 90 percent protection which is better, higher than just 1 (mask),” he explained at a press conference. virtual, Tuesday (29/6/2021).
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