A new Covid variant called Stratus or XFG is spreading across 38 countries. The World Health Organisation is monitoring this ...

A new variant of Covid-19 (also known as Coronavirus) emerged at the start of the year, and already makes up more than 30% of ...

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 ...

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

A new strain of COVID-19, XFG, is spreading rapidly across the world, including in the United States. Anecdotally, people who have the XFG strain are reporting hoarseness as a specific COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus cases may surge in the coming weeks, as they have every summer since the pandemic began five years ago, experts ...

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.

The World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat ...

The latest data by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has shown that the Stratus variant is now the dominant strain in ...

A new, highly contagious Covid-19 strain has emerged globally as thousands of Australians prepare to travel overseas.

As levels of the latest Covid-19 variant rise across the globe, experts have revealed key symptoms of the virus ...