National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases https://refractor.io/tag/national-institute-of-allergy-and-infectious-diseases/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases en-AU Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:19:32 GMT “Delta is a warning”: WHO concerned new COVID-19 variants will emerge https://refractor.io/infectious-diseases/delta-warning-coronavirus-variants-emerge-vaccine-who/ New modeling suggests high levels of virus in a community alongside vaccination rates of around 60 percent may be the ideal scenario for new vaccine-resistant variants to emerge

As the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues to sweep the globe some countries are dropping pandemic restrictions despite having only moderate rates of vaccination. With the World Health Organization warning Delta could be just the beginning of the virus’s evolution a new modeling study indicates high levels of virus transmission in conjunction with middling vaccination rates may be the ideal scenario for new variants to emerge.

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]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:19:32 GMT https://refractor.io/infectious-diseases/delta-warning-coronavirus-variants-emerge-vaccine-who/ Rich Haridy