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JAKARTA (Bisnisjakarta.co.id) – Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono said the Delta variant from India as one of the variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 spreads faster than the Alpha variant from the UK. “The transmission (Delta variant) is 10 times faster than usual,” Yunis said, quoted from Antara in Jakarta.
Variant B.1.617 from India had multiple mutations compared to variant B.1.1.7 from England which only had a single mutation. Therefore, the Indian variant has a faster risk of transmission than the British variant. Multiple mutations in the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 lead to the adaptation of the virus to antibodies, and the severity of the disease is more severe because of that adaptation. “Its nature can adapt to the environment, if the environment is tough it (Delta variant) can adapt,” he said.
In addition to its much faster transmission, what makes this Delta virus dangerous is that the severity of the disease is more severe and people of all ages can catch it quickly. “The danger of this Indian variant is that the transmission is fast, the severity or severity is also fast and regardless of age, whether young or old, it will be infected more quickly,” said Yunis.
Indeed, he said, mutations in the new type of corona virus that cause COVID-19 caused the effectiveness of the vaccine to decrease, but the vaccine currently used is still effective against existing variants so that the COVID-19 vaccination helps someone if infected with COVID-19 does not arrive. fell into great pain. *rah
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