CDC director warns delta variant could soon become dominant coronavirus strain in US
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned Friday that a highly contagious variant of the novel coronavirus that was first detected in India could soon become the dominant strain in the United States.
"I think that that's probably going to be the case," Walensky told ABC News in an interview on "Good Morning America."
After being identified in India in October, the so-called delta variant has since been reported in more than 80 countries around the globe, according to the World Health Organization. Meanwhile, the strain has already been detected in at least 41 U.S. states, according to the CDC.
The WHO declared delta a "variant of concern" last month, and the CDC upgraded its classification of the strain this week from "variant of interest" to a "variant of concern." WHO officials said variants of concern have shown to spread more easily than others.
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