Italy is stressing the importance of vaccines as the virus' delta variant steadily gains traction. The delta variant is surging through populations with low vaccination rates. In tests, a single dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines “barely inhibited” the delta variant. Portugal’s coronavirus 14-day incidence rate has risen to 255 per 100,000 people in recent weeks, pushed higher by the more infectious delta variant. Guterres says most of the world has not received vaccines and more than half the victims of the coronavirus have died this year.

Source: ABC News July 08, 2021 05:35 UTC