ABA's Benda Answers FAQs on Delta Variant, COVID-19 Risk Mitigation
In a new resource guide developed at the request of bankers, ABA SVP Paul Benda answers several frequently asked questions about the recent surge in coronavirus cases connected to the Delta variant and discusses how it has changed the game. He also offers several strategies banks can use to mitigate heightened risks.
“Delta has overtaken all other coronavirus variants to become the dominant strain worldwide,” Benda writes. “[I]t’s clear that Delta is outcompeting the other strains and appears to be much more infectious.”
Among other things, Benda discusses addresses COVID-19 transmission risk in an outdoor environment, how to filter air in an office environment, effective use of HEPA filters, requiring vaccinations for bank employees and how the Delta variant could affect unvaccinated children. View the resource guide.