Delta variant: WHO warns that gains against coronavirus are threatened

The world runs the risk of losing its hard-won gains in the fight against Covid-19, as the Delta variant, but vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) remain effective against the disease, the agency said.

The Centers for Disaster Control and Prevention (CDC) of United States have warned that the Delta variant is as transmissible as varicella and that it could cause serious illness, according to the Washington Post, which cites an internal document from the CDC.

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the Covid-19 infections increased 80% in the last four weeks in most parts of the worldsaid the director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Death in to fear -where only 1.5% of the population is vaccinated- increased by 80% during the same period.

“Hard-earned gains are threatened or lost, Yes health systems in many countries are overwhelmed“, He said Tédros at a press conference.

The Delta variant was detected in 132 assists, becoming the dominant strain in the world, according to the WHO.

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“The vaccines which are currently approved by the WHO provide a significant protection against serious illness and hospitalization all variants, including Delta variant», Declared the main expert in emergencies of the WHO, Mike Ryan.

“We fight the same way virus, corn a virus that has become faster and better suited to spread between us, humans are change. “

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Maria van Kerkhove, technical director of WHO for him Covid-19, Declare that Delta It is about 50% more transmissible than the oldest strains in the world. SARS-CoV-2, first identified in China end of 2019.

Some countries reported an increase in hospitalization rate, but higher death rates have not been recorded Delta variant, aggregate.