China Races To Curb Delta-fuelled COVID-19 Outbreak, Worst In Months

Provinces across China have imposed tougher restrictions in an effort to racing to contain the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak in months, with health

Authorities reported 328 symptomatic infections in July – almost equal to the total number of local cases from February to June.

It came a day after the World Health Organization urged governments globally to contain Delta before it turns into something deadlier and draws out the pandemic. According to a leaked document by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, a review of findings from other countries showed that while the original SARS-CoV-2 was as contagious as the common cold, each person with Delta infects on average eight others, making it as transmissible as chickenpox but still less than measles.

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