The family of variants, nicknamed “FLiRT”, after their mutations, include KP.2, which is now the dominant variant in the ...
The new COVID-19 "FLiRT" variants are circulating in the U.S. Why are they called "flirt" and how did they get the nickname?
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Symptoms of FLiRT are similar to those of JN.1, such as fever, chills, cough, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, headache ...
On Wednesday, China’s Health authorities said that the variant is unlikely to trigger a new infection wave in the country. An ...
First detected in January, KP.2 - an Omicron offshoot - has been spreading globally and has become the dominant strain in the ...
Singapore’s weekly case count has nearly doubled with KP.1 and KP.2, the new ‘FLiRT’ variants, now accounting for over ...