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This time, the latest variant getting buzz is JN.1, which is now the second most common strain in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The coronavirus has continued to mutate, and two new Omicron subvariants have become dominant in the U.S., according to the CDC. The subvariants, called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, now account for more than ...
The new boosters have been reformulated to target omicron XBB.1.5, which was the dominant COVID variant for most of 2023. While XBB.1.5 has since been overtaken by HV.1 and other variants, it is ...
KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the new XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers for Disease Control ...
The Omicron variant features as such for the first time in the overview of WHO's weekly operational update, namely "Supporting Omicron variant detection and COVID-19 response in southern Africa." As of 2 December, Botswana and South Africa have reported 19 and 172 Omicron variant cases, respectively, accounting for 62% of global cases.
Delta (B.617.2) First identified in India in late 2020, the delta variant soon spread across the globe. It became the dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 until the emergence of omicron in December 2021.
Some news media have used the colloquial name "pirola" to describe the BA.2.86 variant. [29] [30] The name is reported to have been created by a social media user by combining the names of the Greek letters pi and rho, which follow the letter omicron in the Greek alphabet. [31]
The XEC variant has become the second-most prevalent strain in the country, representing more than 1 in 10 cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (It ...