According to WHO, globally, this variant contributed to 23 per cent of global COVID-19 cases as of last month.

The XFG variant is a descendant of the Omicron sub-variant. According to a Lancet report, it was first detected in Canada.

The WHO has classified XFG or ‘Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very ...

Scientists are currently studying how well people are protected against severe disease from XFG. Researchers conducted lab ...

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A new variant of covid dubbed a ‘Frankenstein’ strain is gaining ground fast in the US and around the world raising concerns ...

Nicknamed “Stratus,” the XFG strain was recently designated a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization ...

XFG is part of the Omicron family, of which there are now more than 1,000 known subvariants, but it’s rising rapidly in ...

The new variant has come out of seemingly nowhere, but now is fast becoming the dominant strain of the potentially deadly ...

A new Covid variant XFG, nicknamed ‘Stratus’, has been found in 38 countries. According to an expert, the countries showing ...

The Stratus COVID-19 variant, which includes the XFG and XFG.3 strains, currently accounts for around 30 per cent of COVID-19 ...

A new strain of Covid is spreading across the UK with some scientists warning it is resisting immunity. The Stratus strain, ...