Canada’s lull in COVID-19 cases faces a potential disruption with the emergence of a new family of subvariants, playfully dubbed the ‘FLiRT’ variants. KP.2 is the dominant subvariant of the JN.
A new family of COVID-19 subvariants dubbed the "FLiRT" variants is spreading in Canada. Despite the playful nickname, these genetic cousins of the Omicron subvariant JN.1 are becoming the ...
A new COVID-19 subvariant is dominant in Canada, representing just over 30 per cent of cases in the country, but infectious disease experts say there’s no sign it’ll evolve into a summer ...
There are several COVID variants right now which have the same "set of mutations," and are being referred to as FLiRT. Here ...
There have been a "couple of instances of FLiRT variants" detected in Arizona but it's difficult to have a good gauge on how ...
A new COVID-19 subvariant has arrived just in time for summer. KP.2 has been nicknamed FLiRT and evolved from Omicron. It now ...
A new family of COVID-19 subvariants dubbed the "FLiRT" variants is spreading in Canada. Despite the playful nickname, these genetic cousins of the Omicron subvariant JN.1 are becoming the dominant ...
A new set of COVID-19 subvariants has been significantly increasing in prevalence but the strains, known as FLiRT, are not expected to cause more serious illness than prior versions of the virus.