Photo / Getty ImagesThe world's most transmissible Covid-19 strain has found its way into Australia – with worrying research revealing it may be even more infectious than the Delta variant. The Lambda strain has puzzled World Health Organisation scientists after it spread to nearly 30 countries in the last four weeks. Lambda has just started to make its way into the community in the UK, with six cases reported on Monday. However, these civil liberties could change if the highly transmissible Lambda strain spreads across the community. "Our data show for the first time that mutations present in the spike protein of the Lambda variant confer escape to neutralising antibodies and increased infectivity," they wrote in a pre paper report published last week.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 06, 2021 05:26 UTC