The surge in delta mutation outbreaks prompted China and Australia to impose stricter restrictions on COVID19 on Saturday, as WHO urges the world to contain the mutation before it becomes more deadly and triggers a pandemic. The peak of China's worst coronavirus infection in months spread to two other counties, Fujian Province and Chongqing City, on Saturday, and it has now crossed 14 provinces.
More than 200 cases were related to the former Delta team in Nanjing. 9 cleaners at the international airport tested positive. "The main strain circulating today is the Delta variant... This is a greater challenge for the prevention and control of the virus," said Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission of China. The country where the disease first appeared is eager to prevent this highly contagious tribe from spreading by imprisoning more than 1 million people and resuming large-scale testing activities.
Coronavirus infections are on the rise again worldwide, and the World Health Organization has increased an average of 80% in five of the six regions of the health authorities in the past four weeks. This increase is mainly driven by the Delta variant. The strain was first discovered in India and has now spread to 132 countries and regions.
"Delta is a warning: it is a warning that the virus is moving forward, but it is also a call to action, and we must act now until a more dangerous option emerges," said Michael Ryan, WHO's director of emergency situations, in a press release. Said at the press conference.