Delta variant update: Vic outbreak source found
As authorities begin to get a better grasp on the transmission pathway, there’s news from the UK on the effectiveness of vaccination against the highly infectious variant
Health authorities are one step closer to solving Victoria’s SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak after a breakthrough in genomic sequencing identified an overseas traveller as the index case.
The source of the West Melbourne cluster had evaded the state’s contact tracers, but the possibility that it had escaped from the quarantine hotel system firmed up as the most likely explanation in recent days.
