The family of variants, nicknamed “FLiRT”, after their mutations, include KP.2, which is now the dominant variant in the ...
According to the Infectious Diseases Society Of America (IDSA), the proportion of illnesses caused by KP.2 is rapidly ...
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 ...
FLiRT, a group of new Covid variants in the Omicron JN.1 lineage, is spreading in the US. KP.2 and KP 1.1 are more infectious ...
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 ...
First detected in January, KP.2 - an Omicron offshoot - has been spreading globally and has become the dominant strain in the ...
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 ...
On Wednesday, China’s Health authorities said that the variant is unlikely to trigger a new infection wave in the country. An ...