The Philippines has reported its first-ever case of the COVID-19 Lambda variant on Sunday, August 15. Here's what you need to know about the Lambda variant. On Sunday, August 15, the Department of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic Games takes place at the Japan National Stadium on July 23, 2021, the same day that the first case of the lambda coronavirus variant was confirmed in Japan. ...

The delta variant is fueling the COVID-19 surge in the United States, but experts warn that a more dangerous variant could emerge if more Americans don't get vaccinated. Delta is the most recent of ...

An Olympic rings monument is seen in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area on Jan. 18, 2021. (MainichiNaotsune Umemura) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A woman infected in Japan's first case of the Lambda coronavirus ...

The central government will soon start releasing information about cases of the Lambda variant of the novel coronavirus that have been identified in Japan. Officials currently make public the number ...

With the coronavirus still raging in Japan, one of the newest variants — lambda, which slipped into the country just ahead of the Tokyo Games — has sparked concern that this new version may raise the ...

South Korea has adopted tougher measures to block the inflow of the lambda variant of the novel coronavirus as the country is struggling to contain the spread of variant cases amid the fourth wave of ...

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Delta breakthrough infections likely ...

The first case of the Lambda variant of the novel coronavirus confirmed in Japan was brought by a woman arriving from Peru for the Tokyo Olympics, government sources said. The woman, in her 30s, ...

A mutant Covid variant that first emerged in South America has been found in Britain for the first time. All but one of the six Lambda variant cases are linked to travel, according to the latest ...