PETALING JAYA: It has been proven that the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain is much more infectious but a health expert says there is insufficient evidence to suggest that the increasing number of deaths in the country is due to it.Universiti Putra Malaysia’s consultant clinical microbiologist Prof Dr Zamberi Sekawi said the Delta variant was more infectious with the high virus load found in an infected individual.
“This gives it more ability to infect more hosts. If it infects more hosts, naturally there will be more people who would be sick and the healthcare system will be overwhelmed and the quality of care will be lower too.
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