Coronavirus India / Lambda variant of coronavirus not reported in India sources

New Delhi: C.37 strain of corona virus, also known as lambda variant, is spreading rapidly in foreign countries. But at present, not a single case of this strain of corona virus has been reported in India.

However, in the South American country of Peru, about 80 percent of the infection cases are of this strain. This variant of Corona has spread to more than 27 countries in the last one month.

Scientists worry about this

Scientists are concerned about the fact that this strain of Kovid-19 may be immune to vaccination and the vaccine may not have any effect on it. This strain is causing havoc in Peru and cases are increasing rapidly.

Talking about India, according to reports, so far no case of this variant has come to the fore in the country. C.37 strain named as Lambda variant. Its first case was reported in Peru in December 2020. Then the number of cases infected with this variant was about 1 percent of the total new cases of corona.

80 percent of new cases are of this variant

According to a report in the Financial Times, now 80 percent of the new cases in Peru are of this variant and it has spread to more than 27 countries.

The University of Chile, Santiago, looked at the effects of the lambda strain on workers who had received two doses of CoronaVac, China's corona vaccine. According to the results of this research, the lambda variant is more infectious than gamma and alpha and is not affected by the antibodies formed after taking the vaccine.