A confronting ad about the effects of Covid-19 is being aired in Sydney during the Delta strain outbreak. Video / TwitterA confronting ad about the effects of Covid-19 is being aired in Sydney during the Delta strain outbreak. Infections have surged in recent weeks, mainly among unvaccinated younger people, as a result of the far more contagious delta variant and the easing of lockdown restrictions. Whitty warned that the number of hospitalised Covid-19 patients is doubling about every three weeks and could reach "quite scary numbers" if the current trend continues. "But this has got a long way to run in the UK, and it's got even further to run globally," he added.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 16, 2021 18:33 UTC