Anthony Fauci calls Delta COVID-19 variant 'greatest threat' to US pandemic response
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The US infectious disease expert said that the transmissibility is 'unquestionably greater' in the Delta variant than the original variant of COVID-19.
New Delhi: The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States` effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday press call. "The transmissibility is unquestionably greater" in the Delta variant than the original variant of COVID-19, Fauci said, adding that "it is associated with an increased disease severity." The Delta variant is becoming the globally dominant version of the disease, the World Health Organization`s chief scientist said on Friday.More Related News