The vaccine strategy must change to recognise the fast growing outbreak of the Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus, said experts who called for “ring vaccination” to suppress the Melbourne outbreak.
The Indian mutation, known as B.1.617.1 has been genomically identified as the cause of the exploding cluster in Melbourne, with chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton saying the virus was now being passed on from one infected person to around five more.
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