Health
Australia news LIVE: Victoria records four new local COVID-19 cases; Avalon Airport quarantine facility to be built – WAtoday
Melburnians are waking up to their second week of lockdown, emergency support payments are set to be signed-off by national cabinet today and Ash Barty is out of…
The Delta strain, detected in a Melbourne family who recently went on a road trip to NSW, is the second variant spotted in India formerly known as B.1.617.2, until it was renamed this week by the WHO.
Unlike Kappa, the variant at the centre of Melbournes outbreak, Delta is now considered a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation.
The World Health Organisation is concerned about COVID-19s Delta strain.Credit:AP
Evidence suggests it is substantially more transmissible than the Alpha variant…
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