A public health expert says the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 could prompt a local lockdown with even one community case in New Zealand. The Delta variant, originally identified in India, is almost twice as contagious as the original Covid-19 strain that came out of Wuhan, China, according to the American Society for Microbiology. Last Friday, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported that fully vaccinated people can become infected and transmit the Delta variant, unlike other variants. ‌"With the very high infectiousness of this Delta variant, we may need to do even more. "This is an area that a lot more should have been done, to get those vaccination levels in port workers increased.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 08, 2021 06:33 UTC