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Covid new variant FLiRT in USA: Is there any uptick in hospitalizations?
Looks like a new Covid variant is busy 'flirting' with US residents, which has become a commonly spreading variant in the United States in recent times, creating an uptick in the Covid count across the US.
FLiRT variants of COVID-19 'dominate' globally, sparking worries over immune evasion
WHAT IS FLIRT COVID? The FLiRT variants, marked by mutations in the virus' spike protein, including KP.2 now prevalent in the US, have raised questions about immune response and vaccine efficacy. Despite a decline in hospitalizations, experts await updated vaccines targeting these variants amid ongoing surveillance and discussions among regulators.
Covid grows less deadly as doctors gain practice, drugs improve
Public-health officials, epidemiologists, amateur observers and others have watched as the pandemic has unfolded, looking for how to measure the virus’s deadliness. Tallying deaths as a percentage of the greater population sheds light on the scope of the pandemic. Excess mortality compares fatalities to what the death rate is expected to be.
