The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday voiced its concerns around the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, saying that the variant is set to become the dominant strain globally in the next few months. The WHO noted that the Delta variant, that was first identified in India, has now been found in124 countries, with the past week alone adding another 13 countries to this list. According to severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequences submitted to the global science initiative, GISAID, over the four weeks ending 20 July, the Delta variant exceeded 75 percent of detected cases in several countries.