The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that because the extremely contagious Delta variety of coronavirus disease is spreading rapidly, vaccination is not enough. People must continue to wear masks, maintain social distance, and other Covid-appropriate behaviors.
The Delta variety (B16172), which was initially spotted in India last year, has already spread to at least 92 nations. It is quickly becoming the most common form of disease worldwide.
“Just because they got the two dosages doesn’t mean they’re safe.”
During a news briefing, Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, was cited as saying, “They still need to protect themselves.”
“Vaccines alone will not prevent community transmission; people must continue to wear masks, remain in ventilated spaces, maintain hand cleanliness, maintain physical distance, and avoid crowding. Even if you’re vaccinated, when there’s a community transmission going on, this is still really critical,” Simao added.
According to recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 4,100 people in the country have been hospitalized or died from Covid-19, despite being completely vaccinated.
The CDC reported that 3,907 persons were hospitalized after receiving two doses of the Covid vaccine, however, more than 1,000 of those patients were asymptomatic. Their hospitalizations were not related to Covid-19. CDC stated, 142 of 750 fatalities of completely vaccinated adults after Covid were asymptomatic or unrelated to Covid-19.
On June 15, Israel lifted the mask ban following one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollouts. The Delta variety has already infected roughly half of the country’s vaccinated adults, requiring the authorities to resume wearing face masks indoors.
According to the WHO, there have been reports that the Delta variation produces more severe symptoms, but additional research is needed to validate those findings.
It has the potential to be “more lethal because it’s more efficient in the way it transmits between humans, and it’ll eventually find those vulnerable individuals who will become severely ill, have to be hospitalized, and possibly die,” according to Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme.
