Delta variant exploits low vaccine rates, easing of rules

The latest terrifying Delta variant is exploiting low global vaccination rates and a rush to loosen pandemic restrictions, adding new urgency to the drive to get more shots in arms and slow its supercharged spread.

The latest alarming coronavirus variant is exploiting low global vaccination rates and a rush to ease pandemic restrictions, adding new urgency to the drive to get more shots in arms and slow its supercharged spread. The vaccines most used in Western countries still appear to offer strong protection against the highly contagious delta variant, first identified in India and now spreading in more than 90 other countries.