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The Explainer
The Explainer
24 Jun 2021
How much do we know right now about the Delta variant?
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TCD virus expert Dr Kim Roberts and our senior reporter Michelle Hennessy join us to explain just how much more contagious the Delta variant of the coronavirus is, what the latest data on vaccine efficacy tells us, and why it appears to be a matter of time before it becomes the dominant variant of the virus in Ireland.