Covid: Is the Lambda variant evading vaccines?

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The Lambda variant of coronavirus, which was first identified in Peru and Chile, has now spread to 27 other countries. New research suggests it’s better than other variants at escaping the antibodies produced by the CoronaVac vaccine, which is widely used in Latin America. The World Health Organization currently classifies Lambda as a variant of interest and not a variant of concern. Ricardo Soto Rifo from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Chile, Santiago who conducted the new research explains his findings. (Image: A woman receives her first dose of the CoronaVac vaccine in Colombia, Credit: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images.)