WHO said on Wednesday that a new variant of covid has been found in 29 countries. The variant, lambda, is said to have been found for the first time in South America. WHO said in weekly updates that the Lambda variant, first found in Peru, was responsible for the growing cases of covid in South America.

Officials said Peru has seen more impact of lambda variants. In Peru, 81 per cent of covid cases have been linked to the same variant since April 2021. In Chile, 32 per cent of the sequences submitted in the last 60 days have been found to be the variant. Other countries like Argentina and Ecuador have also registered several cases of the variant.

Mutet contains Lambda variant: WHO said the Lambda variant is mute which is going to increase the transition capacity. At the same time, antibodies are not going to affect this form of infection. The organisation said more studies are needed to better understand the Lambda variant. It has been revealed that any form of virus is said to be alarming when scientists believe that it is more contagious and can make it seriously ill. Tests, treatments and vaccines identifying worrying variants can also be less effective against it.

However, WHO fear that this form of infection may not spread around the world. The delta variant also raised world concerns recently. Britain has claimed that the cases in its country doubled in 11 days and delta variants are being attributed. Britain has reported the highest number of 8,125 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours since the end of February and Public Health England (PHE) has learnt that the delta format (B1) first identified in India. 617। 2) Cases have increased from about 30,000 to 42,323 in a week.

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