A US-based epidemiologist advises India to invest in technology to fight against new delta variants .

The Delta variant of B 1.617.2 has originated in India and has created chaos and is spreading fast even in the most-vaccinated countries. 

Dr. Eric-Feigl-Ding, a US-based epidemiologist and senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, tells that the Delta variant first emerged and was in dark for a long time and the country should take action to prevent the spread of the variant to other nations, and invest in technology to ramp up genome sequencing and testing to mitigate the virus. 

“If a variant rises from your country, to stop it from spreading to the world and harming your own citizens, you need to invest in resources. 

Many variants may emerge and if there is a delay in identifying them, there might be many lockdowns in the future, not just in India but across the world,” Dr Feigl Ding said.