COVID-19 Delta Variant: Here's what you need to know about this

Here are some of the things you need to know about COVID-19 Delta Variant that worries global experts.

COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT – Experts are getting worried about the Delta variant of COVID-19 discovered in India that ignited extreme surge in cases.

A more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is called Delta which was first recorded in India. It has caused extreme surge in cases and is now feared spreading in the world. Vaccines are already rolling out and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has shown 88% efficacy against the symptomatic infections of Delta.

Meanwhile, Moderna was also found out working against the specific strain. But experts feared that the slow giving out of vaccines may give the various greater and more opportunities to mutate. The Delta is dubbed as a “variant of concern” as per CNBC.

Apart from India, the Delta has already reached United States, Canada, Japan, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey. The World Health Organization (WHO) has actually detected this in 92 countries already. In the Philippines, so as to prevent this, government has extended the travel ban.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque announced that travel ban is extended until July 15 which restricts travelers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. The government is asking the people’s understanding of the imposed rules as they are only after the safety of the people.

And the Delta Plus variant is highly and even more transmissible as per the article. This is a new variant declared by India last week.

In the Philippines, cases has now reached 1,403,588, the second highest record of coronavirus infections in the Southeast Asia. As of June 28, the health department reported 52,029 active cases and 24,456 deaths.

And to achieve population protection, the Philippine government is aiming to vaccinate 58 million of its 108 million people.