Know about The delta and delta plus variant:

The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 scientifically known as the B.1.617.2 was first identified
by scientists in December 2020 in India.

In April 2021, the delta variant became the most commonly spread variant that caused new
COVID-19 cases in India. Since then, this variant has been reported in 80 countries,
according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Trusted Source.

According to the latest report from Public Health England (PHE), the delta variant may have
become the dominant variant in the U.K., with “74% of sequenced cases [of SARS-CoV-2
infection] and 96% of sequenced and genotyped cases” being caused by this variant.

Delta plus variant is the latest version of the coronavirus, announced by Indian health
officials in late June. As of June 2021, there were about 40 cases of the delta plus infections,
according to NPR News.
The Delta plus variant contains an additional mutation called K417N on the coronavirus
spike, which has been found in the Beta and Gamma variants, first found in South Africa and
Brazil respectively (Beta was linked to increased hospitalisation and deaths during South
Africa's first wave of infections, while Gamma was estimated to be highly transmissible).
Even with 166 examples of Delta plus shared on GISAID, a global open sharing database,
"we don't have much reason to believe this is any more dangerous than the original Delta,"
according to Dr Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center in Shreveport.

The delta variants and vaccines:

According to the Wall Street Journal, about half of new COVID-19 cases were vaccinated
people in Israel. Preliminary findings have found that the delta variant accounts for about 90
percent of new COVID-19 cases in Israel.
Single dose of either AstraZeneca (not currently approved in the United States) or Pfizer’s
vaccines reduced the risk of developing symptoms due to the delta variant by 33 percent.
After two doses, the Pfizer/Biotech vaccine was 88 percent effective against symptomatic
disease from the delta variant. Published in Public Health England study in May 2021.
Overwhelmingly, the hard data shows that getting vaccinated is still the most reliable way to
avoid acquiring or transmitting any strain of COVID-19, the delta variants included.
According to Hirschberg, The current vaccines are effective at providing protection against
the delta variant added.

Reference:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-delta-variant-of-sars-cov-2-what-do-we-know-about-
it#What-are-the-risks-going-forward?
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