Here's what we know about the Indian Delta COVID-19 variant detected in Victoria's outbreak
Dr Toole said data from the UK showed that Delta was more infectious than other variants.
Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng has said another way to think about the infectiousness is the R0 value, or how quickly the virus spreads if there are no mitigating measures such as distancing, masks or restrictions. Deakin University's chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett said there was a broad consensus that the Kappa strain was slightly less infectious than the Delta strain.
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