The new variant is feared to be more transmissible than the original Delta, which has driven cases in the UK up.
‘Delta Plus’ is feared to be more infectious than Delta, feared to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant that spurred a deadly second wave in the UK Delta Plus has been found in ten countries – including the UK – after first being discovered in April in Europe.
The original Delta is up to 60% more contagious than the Alpha variant which emerged in Kent in December last year. Covid mutations are expected and most are insignificant, but a mutation must fulfil one of several criteria to be elevated from a ‘variant of interest’ to a ‘variant of concern’.A municipal worker wearing a face mask uses a fumigation spray machine near a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India India’s health ministry says officials believe Delta Plus spreads more easily, binds to lung cells easier and may be resistant to monoclonal antibody therapy, a drug therapy that aims to neutralise viruses.
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