According to an internal CDC report, infections of the Delta variant could be just as transmissible from breakthrough infections in vaccinated people as from the unvaccinated and could be more severe — with each infected person able to infect 8 to 9 others.

Atlanta.- The report, issued by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control also said the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and more contagious than the viruses that cause the common cold, the seasonal flu, and other easily transmitted illnesses. (RHC)