Predictions
- Delta variant will likely become dominant worldwide in coming months, triggering deadliest global wave of COVID-19 to date
- Countries with advanced vaccine rollouts will need to consider delaying reopenings but will otherwise be relatively unaffected
- Lack of widespread global vaccine access until later 2022 will leave majority of world highly vulnerable to Delta’s spread
Event
The World Health Organization issued new guidance on the nomenclature of coronavirus (COVID-19) variants of interest and concern on 31 May, saying it would henceforth identify these by letters of the Greek alphabet.
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