Delta strain is ‘near and present danger’ as NSW records two new cases

New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the Delta COVID-19 strain is a "near and present danger" as the state recorded two new locally acquired cases in the community overnight. Minister Hazzard said the cases resulted from fleeting contact with someone who was positive and these instances of brief yet infectious contact were “becoming a fairly accepted situation now.” “It’s fair to say that this Delta virus would appear to be a near and present danger to anybody who is in the vicinity,” he said. “It’s a virus that is very capable of transmitting even when we have very fleeting proximity between the individual who is infectious and any of us who might be passing by.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au