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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
2 minutes to read
9th June 2021
By Kemal Atlay

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.

Professor Allen Cheng
Professor Allen Cheng.

The source of the West Melbourne cluster had

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