Author: S. Gordon-Jeffery
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| Courtesy of American Society for Microbiology |
The new variant, Delta, has been dominating the news lately. It is said that this new strain is much more dangerous than the UK variant and even the highly infectious South African variant (B.1.351), but what do we know about it? In this article, I will discuss this new variant: its origins, special features, its infection rate and its effectiveness against the coronavirus vaccine.
Its origins
