Delta plus COVID-19 variant causing concern for officials
According to reports, the variant mutated from the highly transmissible Delta variant. There are still many unknowns regarding this mutation.
Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61)
Updated: 8:35 PM EDT June 30, 2021
Health officials have raised concern over yet another new variant of COVID-19, called "Delta plus," a mutation from the highly transmissible Delta variant.
The Delta variant was first discovered in India and was responsible for the second wave of COVID-19 that swept through the country killing thousands. Connecticut has reported 35 cases of the variant as of June 23.
A variant is created when the virus replicates and makes a copy that has some sort of change to its DNA structure. In the Delta variant's case, it has become more transmissible. Yale School of Public Health Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology for Microbial Diseases, and of Medicine Infectious Diseases Dr. Albert Ko explained what this means.