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Delta variant has greater spread among fully vaccinated: Study
Updated On: 06 July, 2021 07:28 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
“Across all scenarios considered, our results suggest the Delta variant is both more transmissible and better able to evade prior immunity elicited by the previous infection compared to previously circulating lineages,” the study read.
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People, flouting Covid-19 norms, visit a crowded Sarojini Market area, in New Delhi, on Monday. Pic/PTI
A study has found that the Delta variant of Coronavirus is eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by vaccines as compared to the original strain.
The study, which was conducted on over 100 healthcare workers (HCWs) at three centres in India, found that the B.1.617.2 Delta variant not only dominates vaccine-breakthrough infections with higher respiratory viral loads compared to non-Delta infections (Ct value of 16.5 vs 19) but also generates greater transmission among the fully vaccinated HCWs. It is yet to be peer reviewed.
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