Lambda Deadlier Than Delta Variant: New COVID-19 Mutant Lambda Identifies in 30+ Countries

New Dangerous Covid-19 Variant Lambda Exposed

NEW DELHI: The UK Health Ministry said that another COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' has been identified in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks and is considerably more dangerous than the Delta variant.

According to the reports, the presence of the Lambda variant comes as Europe faces a conflict against the Delta variant, which was first found in India. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the Delta variant as a 'variant of concern' (VOC).

On Monday, the UK Health Ministry has posted a tweet that the Lambda strain was reported to have originated from Peru, the country with the most elevated mortality rate in the world. It also said that the Lambda strain had been recognized in the United Kingdom.

It is to be mentioned that six cases of the Lambda strain have been detected in the UK till date. In any case, the researchers are concerned that this variant might be "more irresistible than the Delta variant."

As per the reports, Lambda represents almost 82% of the COVID case samples revealed during May and June in Peru, Euro News detailed referring to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Recently, Public Health England in the UK reported a small bunch of cases caused by Lambda had been recognised in the country and remembered it as having "a likely increased transmissibility or conceivable expanded resistance to neutralizing antibodies."

Jairo Mendez, PAHO's Regional Advisor on emerging viral diseases, said that on June 30, Lambda had been recognized in eight countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, "but sporadically in most countries."

While it is obviously the dominant strain in Peru, in Chile, it represents more than 31% of the samples from May and June. Mendez further expressed that there was not yet obvious proof it was a more contagious infection.

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