ST. KITTS AND NEVIS IDENTIFIES LAMBDA COVID-19 VARIANT

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has confirmed the Covid-19 strain picked up in May 2021 as the Lambda variant.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws warns the new strain is more transmissible and more deadly than the strain identified in 2020.

The Lambda variant has been identified in 29 countries so far.

The World Health Organization has classified it as a variant of interest.