In “Vector” told about the main danger of the “delta” -strain
Scientists at the Novosibirsk Virology Center “Vector” compared the Indian strain of coronavirus, which is now spreading around the planet, with the Wuhan version, which appeared initially in China, reports NDN.info.
The second name of the Indian variant of the coronavirus is “delta”. It was first discovered in India in October 2020. According to the researchers, the main difference is that the Indian strain needs 10 times less viral particles than the Wuhan strain in order for a person to become infected.
The “Delta” variant is more efficiently transmitted from an infected organism to a non-infected one, ”said the head of Vector, Rinat Maksyutov, on the air of the Russia-1 TV channel.
Earlier, a professor from China Zhang Wenhong said that the “delta” strain of coronavirus infection is characterized by rapid transmission and high viral load. The COVID-19 vaccine cannot prevent 100% infection, he said, but scaling up the vaccination rate is the best way to deal with the rapid spread of the delta strain.
