Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A new Covid variant feared to be the world's deadliest is now killing one in 10 patients as it ravages parts of South America and spreads across the globe, it has been reported.
The first documented case of the Lambda variant was found in Peru, where it now makes up more than 80% of all cases, and six cases have been recorded in the UK, government figures released this week have shown.World Health Organisation scientists have been left puzzled by the variant after it spread to nearly 30 countries in the last four weeks and was classified as a Variant of Interest on June 14.