FLiRT Variant Takeover: UK COVID Cases Surge by 21% in Just a Week – Should We Be Concerned?
London, UK – The emergence of the FLiRT variants of COVID-19 has raised concerns as surveillance data from both the US and UK show a 21 percent increase in UK COVID cases in just a week. Named after specific mutations in the spike protein, the FLiRT variants are offshoots of the JN.1 variant, which became dominant at the beginning of the year. These new variants, including KP.2, are believed to be more resistant to prior …