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Africa, Europe feel impact of COVID-19 Delta variant spread

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In updates today from two of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices, African officials said the speed and scale of the third wave of COVID-19 is something they haven't seen before, while European officials warned that conditions are ripe for another wave in the months ahead.Africa cases doubling every 3 weeksCases in Africa rose 25% last week, led by faster spreading variants, putting illness levels almost at the peak of the second surge.

Matshidiso Moeti, MBBS, the WHO's African regional office director, said numbers are doubling every 3 weeks. She added that the Delta (B1617.2) variant has been reported in 16 countries, including 9 that are experiencing surges.In South Africa, which is reporting half of the region's cases,

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