The family of variants, nicknamed “FLiRT”, after their mutations, include KP.2, which is now the dominant variant in the ...
For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of COVID-19 cases. But now an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up ...
There’s a new group of Covid-19 variants within the Omicron JN.1 lineage “which have demonstrated increased transmissibility and immune resistance”. Detected in the United States, this variant group ...
Symptoms of FLiRT are similar to those of JN.1, such as fever, chills, cough, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, headache ...
From April 14 through April 27, the variant, labeled KP.2, makes up about 25% of the cases in the United States, according to the CDC. That makes it the new dominant variant in the country ...
A new set of COVID-19 variants, nicknamed FLiRT, has been detected in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From April 14 through April 27 ...
First detected in January, KP.2 - an Omicron offshoot - has been spreading globally and has become the dominant strain in the ...
FLiRT, a term coined for a cluster of new Covid-19 variants within the Omicron JN.1 lineage, includes variants such as KP.2 and KP 1.1. Shweta Singh Updated : May 08, 2024, 10:22 AM IST The Covid-19 ...
On Wednesday, China’s Health authorities said that the variant is unlikely to trigger a new infection wave in the country. An ...
Maharashtra first identified cases of this subvariant as early as January. By March and April, it had become the dominant ...