Covid 19 coronavirus: Delta skelter - Inside the battle with the variant

Matt Nippert
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Business Investigations Reporter·NZ Herald·
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Delta skelter - Inside the battle with the variant
A warehouse in Auckland's East Tamaki is sprayed with sanitiser after an outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant hit New Zealand. Photo / Brett Phibbs

JUNE: A new enemy

A hundred days ago Delta didn't even have a name. Prior to it being dubbed by the World Health Organisation on May 31, it was known only as "Variant B.1.617.2".

It had first been discovered in India in late 2020, but found its legs in that

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