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Montevideo, November 17th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

Tag: Megan Ranney

  • Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 18:34 UTC

    New FLiRT variants of SARS-Cov-2 spreading in US

    The FLiRT variants have two additional mutations that set them apart from JN.1

    Health authorities in the United States are warning about the latest version of Covid-19 with the appearance of the so-called FLiRT variations, which represent the new version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which was detected the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in sewage samples. Between April 14 and 27, a FLiRT variant called KP.2 accounted for around 25% of the detections, up from about 10% in the previous two-week period ending April 13.