MANILA, Philippines — The Lambda COVID-19 strain, feared to be “more infectious” than the Delta variant, remains to be a “variant of interest,” an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
“Lambda at this point in time still remains a variant of interest. That does not mean that we are not following it, we are still studying it and it doesn’t warrant a classification as a variant of concern at this point in time,” Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative to the Philippines, said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
“It is present in several countries I believe, 20 to 30 countries now, but so far, it has not demonstrated characteristics …
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