The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the Covid-19 C. or Lambda variant as a Variant of Interest (the most monitored variant) after it was found in a number of countries. Here are the symptoms of the Lambda variant corona.
As reported by Express UK, the UK's National Health Service (NHS), the symptoms of the Lambda variant corona to watch out for are:- high temperature - persistent cough - loss or change in the sense of smell or taste According to the WHO report, mutations of the Lambda variant can increase transmission. In line with WHO, a virologist at Cayetano University Heredia Lima who has been tracking the evolution of the Lambda variant in Peru for months, Pablo Tsukayama said this variant spread faster than strains considered more dangerous and even beat the gamma that has been rampant in Brazil. It is also a variant of Lambda that is more contagious and spreads so fast in Peru. "With 187,000 deaths and the highest death rate in the world, we are the country struggling the most when it comes to the coronavirus. Therefore, it is perhaps not surprising that a new variant has started here," he said, as quoted by Deutsche Welle. However, Public Health England said there is currently no evidence the Lambda variant causes more severe disease or makes the current vaccine any less effective. The Lambda variant was first discovered in Peru in August last year. The variant is said to have accounted for 82 percent of new cases in the country. One in three confirmed cases in Chile is variant C.37. This variant was detected in 29 countries. Of that number, seven of them are in Latin America such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Chile. In Chile 32 percent of cases of the Lambda variant were detected in the last 60 days. Before Lambda, there were four other viruses that WHO monitored the most, namely Alpha, Beta, Gamma and DeltaAfter knowing a number of symptoms of the Lambda variant corona, make sure to comply with health protocols to avoid Covid-19.