The Delta variant is 6 times more contagious than Alfa

There is no evidence that the Delta variant causes a reduction in the effectiveness of the vaccine.

medialnews, JAKARTA – The Delta variant is currently the most worrying variant of the Covid-19 virus. Health Ministry Covid-19 vaccination spokeswoman Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the Delta variant is six times faster than the Alfa variant.

“The increase in our cases is very significant compared to December 2020 and January 2021. The reason is the high mobility during the Ramadan and Eid holidays and lax health protocols,” he said in the schedule of the Guest Room webinar which was organized by Holopis Virtually in Jakarta, Tuesday (29/6).

According to Siti Nadia, the Delta variant speeds up the rate of transmission, but there is no strong evidence that the B1617.2 variant from India has the ability to reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine. For this reason, the government continues to seek to speed up vaccination to reduce the rate of transmission.

“Because in some areas we also find this variant,” he said.

The decreasing community adherence to health protocols, said Siti Nadia, has the potential to facilitate the spread of new variants in the community. “This delta has a transmission rate six times that of the Alfa variant. Our daily findings of cases currently reach over 15,000 people recently,” he said.

Siti Nadia added that an Australian newspaper reported the transmission speed of the Delta variant when calculated based on a time ranging from 10 to 15 seconds. “So people who walk by without wearing a mask can already make that person positive or infected,” he said.

While the old variant takes 10 to 20 minutes to be able to make a person exposed. “This delta can be 10 times the baud rate of the old variant,” he said.

source: Antara