COVID-19 Delta variant: Time to act is now! The Punch
Published 16 July 2021
“The highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is the fastest and fittest coronavirus strain that will ‘pick off’ the most vulnerable people. It has the potential ‘to be more lethal’ because it’s more efficient in the way it transmits between humans.”
– Dr. Mike Ryan, World Health Organisation.
It came like a bolt out of the blues, turning the table on the global socio-economic and political matrix. It came more deadly and devastating on the human health status than the searing scourges of previous diseases such as measles, cholera, HIV-AIDS and that of course, Ebola virus, which reared its ugly head just a few years ago.