Post by AntiCovid_19 on Jun 24, 2021 9:00:26 GMT 2
Nieuwe varianten Covid-19 kan bij kort contact al voor besmetting zorgen
Geretweet door ContainmentNu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-24/covid-delta-kappa-variant-spread-in-fleeting-moment-nsw-vic/100238680
It took just seconds for a person to be infected with COVID-19 as a stranger walked past them while shopping at Bondi Junction Westfield.
And it hasn't happened just once.
Australian health officials are warning it no longer takes up to 15 minutes to pass on the deadly virus.
It can be a "fleeting moment" of just five to 10 seconds.
Here's what we know about the quickening spread of COVID-19.
Viruses like coronavirus mutate over time as they spread throughout the population. These are known as variants.
Two of those variants that have spread in the community in the past month have been the Kappa variant and the Delta variant.
The Kappa variant is highly infectious and triggered Victoria's latest lockdown.
The state's COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said the Kappa variant had spread in cases of "fleeting contact".
While COVID previously infected people in the same house or workplace, Kappa has "stranger-to-stranger transmission".
The Delta variant was also detected in Victoria after the start of lockdown, and is the variant in New South Wales' outbreak.
Experts say the Delta variant appears to be more transmissible across all age groups, including children.
It is spread so easily that a person in Sydney infected a stranger simply by walking past them.
Geretweet door ContainmentNu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-24/covid-delta-kappa-variant-spread-in-fleeting-moment-nsw-vic/100238680
It took just seconds for a person to be infected with COVID-19 as a stranger walked past them while shopping at Bondi Junction Westfield.
And it hasn't happened just once.
Australian health officials are warning it no longer takes up to 15 minutes to pass on the deadly virus.
It can be a "fleeting moment" of just five to 10 seconds.
Here's what we know about the quickening spread of COVID-19.
Viruses like coronavirus mutate over time as they spread throughout the population. These are known as variants.
Two of those variants that have spread in the community in the past month have been the Kappa variant and the Delta variant.
The Kappa variant is highly infectious and triggered Victoria's latest lockdown.
The state's COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said the Kappa variant had spread in cases of "fleeting contact".
While COVID previously infected people in the same house or workplace, Kappa has "stranger-to-stranger transmission".
The Delta variant was also detected in Victoria after the start of lockdown, and is the variant in New South Wales' outbreak.
Experts say the Delta variant appears to be more transmissible across all age groups, including children.
It is spread so easily that a person in Sydney infected a stranger simply by walking past them.