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The highly transmissible Delta strain has overtaken the Alpha variant to become the dominant variant in the US, according to new estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The highly transmissible  Delta strain  has overtaken the Alpha variant to become the dominant variant in the US, according to new estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Delta, which was first found in India and is now in over 100 countries, represented 51.7 per cent of new infections in the US over the two weeks ending July 3, Xinhua news agency reported citing the CDC. Meanwhile, the proportion of new cases caused by  Alpha Variant , which was first detected in Britain, was just 28.7 per cent over the same time period, according to the CDC. Recently, health officials and experts have warned that the Delta variant was on track to become the dominant variant in the US, as its prevalence in the nation doubles about every two weeks. They are con...

  The Delta variant is the second most prevalent coronavirus mutation in the US and is predicted to become the predominant one in coming weeks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director said The Delta variant is the second most prevalent coronavirus mutation in the US and is predicted to become the predominant one in the coming weeks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday (local time). “An estimated 25 percent of all reported  SARS-COV-2  sequences nationwide are the Delta variants, and in some regions of the country, nearly one in two sequences is a Delta variant,” Walensky added, as quoted by Sputnik. Speaking at a press briefing, Walensky also underscored the correlation that exists between the low vaccination rates and the spread of the Delta variant. According to reports, the Delta strain is believed to be the fastest spreading and most contagious coronavirus variant. On Thursday, Dr Hans Henri Kluge, W...

  During a broadcast interview, the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he’s “quite concerned” about the Delta variant in the US Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the greatest threat to the United States’ attempt to eradicate COVID-19, White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday. During a broadcast interview, the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he’s “quite concerned” about the Delta variant in the US. Dr Fauci told US media that the delta variant can spread “much more efficiently” and “cause more severe disease”. “The  Delta variant  has the capability of spreading much more efficiently from person to person. It also can cause more severe disease. So there are two things about it that are troublesome,” said the top US COVID-19 expert. Fauci further said that the good news is that COVID-19 vaccines have shown to be very ef...