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BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- China is taking proactive measures to counter new COVID-19 cases caused by the JN.1 variant of the virus, which is spreading globally, China's health authority said Thursday. "China is routinely monitoring COVID-19 infections to determine the trend of infection...
There’s a new variant of COVID and omicron called HV.1 that is spreading rapidly around the United States. The variant is a powerful and contagious mutation of the deadly virus that has only been around for a few months but has quickly become theleading strain of COVIDin the US. Scient...
Unlike the variant seen in the U.K., "we haven't observed such rapid rise of the lineage in Nigeria and do not have evidence to indicate that the P681H variant is contributing to increased transmission of the virus in Nigeria. However, the relative difference in scale of genomic surveillan...
Moderna said it is looking at whether a booster shot – either of its existing vaccine or of a new shot designed to protect against the South Africa variant – could be made available in future if evidence were to emerge that protection against the virus deteriorated over time....
During the corona pandemic, the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 did not offer optimal protection. However, a booster vaccination against the same variant or after another infection creates what is known as "hybrid immunity," which generates a much broader protective effect. ...
As the Covid-19 virus continues to spread and evolve, each new variant is given an official name—and sometimes an unofficial nickname. We’ll keep this page updated with the latest Covid-19 variant names and an explanation of where the new names come from. ...
“What this basically tells us, unfortunately, is that past infection with early variants of the virus in South Africa does not protect” against the new one, he said. In Brazil, a spike in hospitalizations in Manaus in January caused similar worry and revealed a new variant that’s also ...
The variant was first detected in the country on August 31. It is now one of the variants under close surveillance due to its large number of mutations, particularly on the virus’ ‘spikes’. These are the mechanisms that the virus uses to enter healthy cells. ...
But the appearance of a new "highly mutated" variant has raised questions among virus trackers about what the coming months could hold. Here's the latest about what we know about the new COVID-19 variants now on the rise.What are current new COVID variants?