is it more infectious, and can it escape vaccines? A virologist explains
- Written by Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
The Lambda variant accounts for almost all new cases in Peru, which has the world’s highest COVID death toll per capita. Rodrigo Abd/AP/AAPThe Lambda coronavirus variant was first reported in Peru in December 2020, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
It then spread to multiple countries in South America, where it currently...





