WHO experts warn 'more dangerous' variants could take hold

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'The pandemic is nowhere near finished,' WHO's emergency committee said.

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The announcement was further bad news as several countries battle a new wave of infections fanned by new variants, namely Delta which was first identified in India.

But the committee warned that worse could lie ahead, pointing to "the strong likelihood for the emergence and global spread of new and possibly more dangerous variants of concern that may be even more challenging to control". "Countries with advanced access to vaccines and well-resourced health systems are under pressure to fully reopen their societies," it said.

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