Delta Variant Makes Race Against Time For Vaccines Even Bigger

Experts warn that inoculation campaigns are in a race against time to contain the Delta variant.

The highly-contagious Delta variant is causing a surge in new Covid-19 cases even in countries with high vaccination rates and experts warn that inoculation campaigns are in a race against time to contain it. For the moment the pandemic is still slowing down with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting the lowest number of new cases worldwide since February and decreasing deaths attributed to the coronavirus. But concerns are growing about the fast-spreading variant, prompting new restrictions in countries that had previously managed to control their epidemics. Cases are on the rise in Russia, Australia, Israel and across parts of Africa, in part due to Delta.