Top Chinese experts: Vaccination vital to reining in delta variant

A man receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, June 18, 2021. - Xinhua

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Tackling the highly transmissible delta variant of the novel coronavirus requires smarter and swifter virus control measures, as well as unswerving efforts in increasing vaccination coverage across all age groups, leading Chinese health experts said.

Since May 21, Guangdong province in South China has experienced three localised outbreaks, one triggered by the alpha variant first detected in the United Kingdom and two by the delta variant first detected in India, Zhong Nanshan, a prominent infectious disease expert, said during a recent briefing held by the provincial health commission.