Chinese doctors say Delta variant's symptoms different, more dangerous

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/558178-chinese-doctors-say-delta-variants-symptoms-different-more-dangerous

Chinese doctors say Delta variant's symptoms different, more dangerous
BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL - 06/13/21 08:16 AM EDT 1

Doctors in China say symptoms of the Delta COVID-19 variant, which was first detected in India, are different and more dangerous than the original version of the coronavirus, as the strain continues to spread across the globe.

Chinese doctors, according to The New York Times, have found that patients infected with the Delta variant are becoming sicker and their conditions are worsening at a quicker speed.

As many as 12 percent of patients have become severely or critically ill within three to four days after symptoms first developed, the Times reported, citing Guan Xiangdong, director of critical care medicine at Sun Yat-sen University in the city of Guangzhou. Previously, only 2 or 3 percent of patients had become severely or critically ill within that time period, with the number sometimes creeping up to 10 percent, according to Xiangdong.

Four-fifth of symptomatic cases reportedly developed fevers, doctors told state-run television, according to the Times, though they said it is unclear how that statistic compared to other versions of the virus.
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1. I would like to know more....

How does this Delta variant respond to current therapies? Does the monoclonal infusion help? How effective is the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against this variant?