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

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

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

A new strain of COVID-19, XFG, is spreading rapidly across the world, including in the United States. Anecdotally, people who ...

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

Scientists are currently studying how well people are protected against severe disease from XFG. Researchers conducted lab studies using human cells and a "pseudovirus" stand-in for XFG, as well as ...

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

The strain reportedly presents a unique symptom. Just last month, doctors were reporting that a variant named Nimbus was ...

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

This was a significant rise from 7.4% four weeks prior and only just below the proportion of NB.1.8.1 at 24.9%. Given the now declining proportion of viral sequences of NB.1.8.1 overall, and the rapid ...

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