- The World Health Organization is monitoring an emerging coronavirus variant that may spread faster and could evade vaccine protection.
- In June, the
WHO labeled the lambda variant of the new coronavirus a “variant of interest.” - The lambda variant was first identified in Peru in December 2020.
As the coronavirus delta variant continues to gain ground in the United States, scientists and public health officials are cautiously monitoring another variant that’s appeared in many countries around the world.
This emerging variant is known as lambda. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Source: healthline