DELTA VARIANT LIKELY TO SPREAD TO MORE REGIONS IN CHINA

  • 31/07/2021

As China is witnessing its most serious coronavirus surge in months, a senior health official has warned that the highly transmissible Delta variant is likely to spread to more regions. After an original Delta cluster was detected in Nanjing city, the outbreak has now spread to 14 provinces, with Fujian province and the megacity of Chongqing reporting cases on Saturday."The main strain circulating at present is the Delta variant which poses an even greater challenge to virus prevention and control work," said Mi Feng, spokesperson for China's National Health Commission.

The outbreak in Nanjing city has caused concerns because nine cleaners, who tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19), were working at the international airport busy handling hundreds of summer tourists. He Qinghua, a senior official with the National Health Commission, told  that the Delta variant outbreak may continue to spread to more regions.

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