{"id":45679,"date":"2021-06-26T16:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who"},"modified":"2021-06-26T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:59:27","slug":"covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 delta variant now in 85 countries \u2013 WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed concern over the COVID-19\u2019s delta variant, which he called \u201cthe most transmissible\u201d mutation to date.<\/p>\n

Ghebreyesus told journalists at a regular briefing on Friday that delta co had been identified in at least 85 countries and is \u201cspreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs some countries ease public health and social measures, we are starting to see increases in transmission around the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO chief, a surge in cases translates to more hospitalizations, which continue to stretch healthcare workers and health systems while putting more at risk of death.<\/p>\n

Ghebreyesus acknowledged that new variants were expected, stressing that by preventing transmission, \u2018we can stem the emergence of variants.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite simple: more transmission, more variants. Less transmission, less variants.<\/p>\n

He noted that it is even more urgent today to prevent transmission by consistently using public health and social measures along with vaccines.<\/p>\n

This, he said is why vaccines must be distributed equitably, to protect health workers and the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed concern over the COVID-19\u2019s delta variant, which he called \u201cthe most transmissible\u201d mutation to date. Ghebreyesus told journalists at a regular briefing on Friday that delta co had been identified in at least 85 countries and is \u201cspreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations.\u201d \u201cAs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1585,254,728],"class_list":["post-45679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-covid-19-2","tag-nigeria","tag-who"],"yoast_head":"\nCOVID-19 delta variant now in 85 countries \u2013 WHO - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed concern over the COVID-19\u2019s delta v ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 delta variant now in 85 countries \u2013 WHO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed concern over the COVID-19\u2019s delta v ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-26T15:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-26T15:59:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d74ea256703.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1253\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19 delta variant now in 85 countries \u2013 WHO\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-26T15:36:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-26T15:59:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d74ea256703.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Covid-19\",\"Nigeria\",\"WHO\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-delta-variant-now-in-85-countries-who\",\"name\":\"COVID-19 delta variant now in 85 countries \u2013 WHO - 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