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WHO Warns Delta Variant Is 'Most Transmissible' Among Covid Strains
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1:18Now PlayingThe head of the World Health Organization said the COVID-19 Delta variant ,first identifed in India, is "the most transmissible of the variants identified so far.
He said it was now spreading in at least 85 countries.
At a press briefing on Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. agency was concerned about the increasing reach of the Delta variant, particularly among unvaccinated populations.
"We are starting to see increases in transmission around the world," Tedros said.
He said "more cases means more hospitalizations", adding this "increases the risk of death".
WHO has previously said that two doses of the licensed COVID-19 vaccines appear to provide strong protection against the variant, but warned the lack of access to vaccines in poor countries - which have received fewer than 2% of the billion doses administered so far - makes them extremely vulnerable.
Tedros also said the unchecked circulation of the coronavirus could lead to the emergence of even more variants.
"New variants are expected and will continue to be reported," Tedros said.
"That's what viruses do. They evolve," he said.
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