Delta variation is a concern in Ontario

Ontario health officials say they are concerned about the delta variation, which now accounts for half of the new COVID-19 cases in the province.

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According to Public Health, these cases are mainly listed in the greater Toronto area.

This variation, first identified in India, is spreading rapidly, and public health Ontario expects it to become the dominant variant in the province.

Keep in mind that the delta variant is 60% more contagious than the original virus and more than twice the risk of hospitalization.

“This is worrying, not only because it’s on the rise in Ontario, but globally, we see it as a variant that wants to take it everywhere,” D said.^Re Cecil Tremble from the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University Hospital Montreal (CHUM).

In the United Kingdom, rising delta variability has forced the postponement of health measures for a month as the number of epidemics in this country continues to rise.

In Quebec, the border between Ontario and Quebec has been reopened; According to some, something to spread the delta diversity in the province. Montreal Public Health says it is looking for.

In Quebec, we are certainly not immune. We need to put some action in place, ”said D.S.^Re Myline Druin.

D.^Re Cecil Tremble insists that “all essential travel must be stopped again.”

In Ottawa, d^r Howard Enzo, deputy chief executive of the Public Health Organization of Canada, recalled the importance of obtaining two doses of the Covit-19 vaccine.

“The two levels protect up to 90% against delta variation, compared to only 30% for one, according to studies,” he says.