SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

"In the coming days, almost the entire country will enter the orange zone, and restrictive measures may be needed next week." This was said by the Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsarov to BTV.

He explained that the number of people in need of intensive care had risen from 100 to 160 in just one day, and said the intensity of the pandemic was increasing.

The Delta strain poses the greatest threat to people who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination provides protection against the new variant of the coronavirus.

Chief Scientist Sumya Swaminatan said this at a briefing by the World Health Organization. Broadcasts were conducted on Twitter-VOZ pages.

Bulgarian health authorities plan to tighten the measures against COVID-19. The necessity is due to the sharp increase in morbidity in the country. This was stated to the media by the Deputy Minister of Health Alexander Zlatanov.

Out of 85 samples tested at the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD), the Delta variant of Covid-19 was identified in 84 (99%). The Alpha variant was detected in 1 of the sequenced samples.

The samples were taken from Covid-19 patients in 26 medical establishments from 18 districts in the country in the period 8-28 July 2021.

After a contact with a coronavirus patient infected with Delta variant, there is no chance you will not get sick, said Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, Direcrocr of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) in the morning program of bTV.

The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) informs on Tuesday that until August 15, 2,088 cases were confirmed with strains of SARS-CoV-2 which cause concern, of which 1,695 with the Alpha strain, 11 with Beta, 23 with Gamma and 359 cases of the Delta strain. According to the INSP, until August 15, the confirmation rate of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) was 77%.

Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, extended its lockdown on Aug. 11 in a bid to stamp out an outbreak of COVID-19, while authorities in Sydney said they were considering easing restrictions for vaccinated residents despite the delta variant continuing to spread.

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In other words, vaccines provide less protection against this variant of the virus.

Although the first lambda strain of coronavirus was registered in Peru a year ago, relatively very little is known about this mutant strain.

Sydney posted a new record of COVID-19 infections on Aug. 10 as the city struggles to control an outbreak that is sending other Australian regions into lockdown.

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New South Wales state announced 356 new cases, a fresh record for a Delta-variant outbreak that began in mid-June and continues to grow in a population with low vaccination rates.

In a week or two we will have over 1,000 coronavirus cases a day and we will enter the orange zone, Prof. Iva Hristova, director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, has told the Bulgarian National Radio.