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No wonder SI said over 12 months ago that COVID-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-07-06/what-we-know-about-the-lambda-variant/100267978

The Lambda coronavirus variant has arrived in Australia. Here's what we know so far

We've seen the Alpha, Kappa and Delta variants cross our borders, but it turns out another strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has reached our shores.
Key points:

• The Lambda variant is one of 11 official SARS-CoV-2 variants recognised by the World Health Organization
• It was first detected in Peru and has spread to 29 countries, including Australia
• A new study that has yet to be peer-reviewed found signs that the variant could be more infectious and harder to tackle with vaccination, but it's early days

The variant, named Lambda by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month, was detected in an overseas traveller who was in hotel quarantine in New South Wales in April, according to national genomics database AusTrakka.

Some reports suggest the new variant could be fast spreading and difficult to tackle with vaccines.