The Delta strain rebooted COVID. Australia must reboot too

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Delta has rebooted COVID, Australia must reboot its strategy The Delta strain rebooted COVID. Australia must reboot too 01/07/2021 | 7 MINS Zoë Hyde from LIT believes it is better to overreact than do too little with a variant that is more transmissible and more virulent. This article was originally published in The Guardian. Australia’s pandemic response has been the envy of the world, but the emergence of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus has put that at risk. The Delta variant is more transmissible than the original strain of the virus and is more likely to cause severe illness. This means there’s a higher risk of the virus escaping hotel quarantine, and that it will be more difficult to stamp out if it gets into the community. It also means that younger people are now more at risk of getting sick. However, it’s still possible to control the virus, but we’re going to have to change our strategy. The first sign of trouble for the world came in late March, when there was a sudden uptick in new Covid-19 cases in India. O

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Delta has rebooted COVID, Australia must reboot its strategy The Delta strain rebooted COVID.

Australia must reboot too 01/07/2021 | 7 MINS Zoë Hyde from LIT believes it is better to overreact than do too little with a variant that is more transmissible and more virulent.

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