The CDC is monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 variants KP.2 and KP.1.1, also known as FLiRT. KP.2, the main variant in the US, is not causing an increase in COVID-19 infections or severe illness. FLiRT variants are spreading rapidly across the country, potentially leading to a new wave of infections.
Latest COVID worry, FLiRT variants, sparks concern about vaccination rates https://t.co/OeSlsZ4pvv
New Covid variants stoke fears of a summer surge in cases via @FT https://t.co/rnbYf2MWes
“New Covid-19 variants are spreading around the world & stoking fears of a summer surge in cases in the US, in the latest sign of the infectious disease’s ability to mutate and potentially threaten collective immunity. KP.2, one of several FLiRT variants” https://t.co/0IQEm1kKZL
New set of COVID variants now dominating in the U.S. https://t.co/8XHCvWiXBR
🤯🙈 New Covid-19 variants are spreading around the world and stoking fears of a summer surge in cases in the US, in the latest sign of the infectious disease’s ability to mutate and potentially threaten collective immunity. Here we go 🤌🤌🤌 https://t.co/uY2rMM6Aa4
New Covid variants stoke fears of a summer surge in cases https://t.co/gThLQYTzpB
How COVID vaccines stand up to new FLiRT variants https://t.co/4ePBeZKqpj https://t.co/iJieRGfBzL
The acronym in the name refers to the locations of the amino acid mutations that the FLiRT #Covid virus has picked up — some in places that help it evade the body’s immune response and others that help it become more transmissible. https://t.co/84Nk0hKByG
KP.2 — one of the so-called FLiRT variants — has overtaken JN.1 to become the dominant coronavirus variant in the United States, according to data from the CDC. https://t.co/65MiaVwnvg
The "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants are a new group of strains circulating in the United States, which now account for over one in four cases nationwide. https://t.co/WNFqB2P4MP
lmao at "variants" like it's the latest strain of covid https://t.co/s11Z7wgpLB
The new Covid variants are called FLiRT https://t.co/OHR3F7KXWC
No Covid FLiRT variants detected in Russia – watchdog The latest iteration of the virus could become the dominant strain across the world, Rospotrebnadzor has said https://t.co/rmOiG7IByA https://t.co/f2qnBCnZWA
“KP.2 (also known as FLiRT) is an Omicron JN.1-derived variant that has independently evolved three additional mutations in the spike protein that health experts say could increase the virus’s transmissibility and ability to evade existing antibodies from previous infection or… https://t.co/vxv3039STb
The FLiRT strains have the same pattern as previous mutations and early evidence suggests they may be more contagious. https://t.co/Bkh2wOxHhg
What’s Going On With The New COVID FLiRT Variants? https://t.co/vC5dw46WUu
Covid cases continue to increase as the new highly contagious FLiRT variants spread rapidly across the country @BawdenTom reports https://t.co/Advefa0o9M
Stop with this COVID bs , let it go... CDC sounds the alarm on new COVID variant The new variants are nicknamed "FLiRT" and the CDC says both were detected in wastewater and are now the dominant variants in the U.S. Source - KENS 5: Your San Antonio News Source https://t.co/qLCv7AdZqL
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In recent weeks, COVID-19 forecasters have reported on a new set of variants picked up in wastewater surveillance. Nicknamed FLiRT, they’re threatening to cause a new wave of COVID infections, which recently bottomed out after spiking in December. https://t.co/vKXCArEKQJ https://t.co/Efw3biGGvq
For the past several months, JN.1 has been the dominant COVID strain in a seemingly endless string of variants. Now, KP.2 is the new variant poised to take over the summer. It’s one of several variants scientists have nicknamed ‘FLiRT.’ https://t.co/6ciqu51HRc
CDC is tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants KP.2 and KP.1.1 (sometimes called FLiRT). KP.2 is the main variant in the US but isn’t causing an increase in COVID-19 infections or more severe illness than other variants. See the latest data: https://t.co/a7nK8KTP4j https://t.co/qGK1RswfUr