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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. Al