According to her, the strain circulates mainly in the Americas.
Van Kerkhove said the WHO added the Lambda strain to the list of interest in June. It was first registered in Peru in December 2020.
The WHO spokeswoman also added that the organization is closely monitoring the strain and is working with the organization’s member states to obtain information on the spread of this variant of the coronavirus.
On the WHO list appear strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with the designations “Alpha” (identified in the UK), “Beta” (South Africa), “Gamma” (Brazil) and “Delta” (India).
The WHO named variants of the virus “Eta” (UK and Nigeria), “Iota” (USA) “Kappa” (India) and “Lambda” (Peru).
An outbreak of coronavirus infection began at the end of 2019 in China. 11 March 2020 WHO declared the spread of coronavirus a pandemic.
During the pandemic, 191.2 million cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the world, more than 4.1 million people died, informs American Johns Hopkins University.
The World Health Organization said that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta strain of coronavirus, first discovered in India, becomes dominant in the world due to its high ability to be transmitted from person to person. According to the WHO, he circulates in 111 countries.
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