COVID-19 | China outbreak spreads as WHO sounds alarm on Delta DStv403 eNCA
China’s worst surge of coronavirus infections in months spread to two more areasBEIJING - Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant prompted China and Australia to impose stricter Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday as the WHO urged the world to quickly contain the mutation before it turns into something deadlier and draws out the pandemic.
The nation where the disease first emerged has rushed to prevent the highly transmissible strain from taking root by putting more than one million people under lockdown and reinstituting mass testing campaigns. But both high- and low-income countries are struggling to gain the upper hand against Delta, with the vastly unequal sprint for shots leaving plenty of room for variants to wreak havoc and further evolve.
While the jabs remain effective against severe disease and death, the US government agency said in a leaked internal CDC document"the war has changed" as a result of Delta.
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