DOH confirms first COVID-19 Lambda variant

The Philippines has detected its first case of the Lambda coronavirus variant first seen in Peru, the Department of Health said Sunday.


The DOH said the first Lambda variant case is a 35-year-old female and is currently being validated as to whether she is a local or returning overseas Filipino case.

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The DOH said the patient was asymptomatic and tagged as recovered after undergoing the 10-day isolation period.

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The Lambda variant was classified as a variant of interest by the World Health Organization on June 14.

The Lambda variant of the coronavirus, first identified in Peru and now spreading in South America, is highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version of the virus the emerged from Wuhan, China, Japanese researchers have found. It is currently listed by the World Health Organization as a "Variant of Interest."

In laboratory experiments, researchers have found that three mutations in Lambda's spike protein, known as RSYLTPGD246-253N, 260 L452Q and F490S, help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies. Two additional mutations, T76I and L452Q, help make Lambda highly infectious, they found.

Although it is not clear yet whether this variant is more dangerous than the Delta now threatening populations in many countries, senior researcher Kei Sato of the University of Tokyo believes "Lambda can be a potential threat to the human society." --with a report from Reuters/JST, GMA News

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