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Nicknamed “Stratus,” the XFG strain was recently designated a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization ...
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 ...
A new Covid-19 variant known as ‘Stratus’ is reportedly sweeping across the globe, and people who contract it are displaying ...
XFG is part of the Omicron family, of which there are now more than 1,000 known subvariants, but it’s rising rapidly in ...
Coronavirus cases may surge in the coming weeks, as they have every summer since the pandemic began five years ago, experts ...
The latest data by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has shown that the Stratus variant is now the dominant strain in ...
The World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) on June 25 added the XFG to its SARS ...
It is growing globally. Samples of XFG sent to the global database of genetic virus sequences jumped from 7% of all COVID-19 samples in May 2025 to nearly 23% a few weeks later, according to WHO.