朝日新聞社

Japan to release details about Lambda variant infections

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 ...
朝日新聞社

Japan’s first Lambda COVID variant brought by Olympic staff

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, ...
毎日新聞

2-week delay in announcing Japan's first lambda coronavirus variant case draws criticism

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. ...
J-CASTニュース

最恐ウイルス「ラムダ株」上陸を五輪のために隠蔽した菅政権 ...

「オリンピックが台無しになる！」――。新型コロナウイルスの感染大爆発を引き起こしている「デルタ株」より、もっと怖いかもしれない変異ウイルス「ラムダ株」が日本に上陸していた。 東京オリンピック直前の2021年7月20日、「ラムダ株」感染のお ...
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Explainer-Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization to track concerning new mutations of ...
WGN-TV

What is the lambda variant and how contagious is the strain of COVID-19?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DALLAS — Although delta remains the most ...
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Japan's 1st Lambda coronavirus variant case linked to Olympics

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 ...