The World Health Organization has recently identified a new variant lambda of COVID-19 in how many Countries?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19 June 2021

The World Health Organization has recently identified a new variant lambda of COVID-19 in how many Countries?

A. 7 Countries

B. 14 Countries

C. 21 Countries

D. 29 Countries

Explanation:

The World Health Organization (WHO) officials informed about a new variant named Lambda, which has been identified in 29 countries and believed to have originated in South America. The WHO identified the Lambda lineage and classified it as a global variant of Interest due to an “elevated prevalence” in South America.

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