FLiRT Covid variant: the new strain and its symptoms [Video]

A new Covid-19 variant on the rise in the US has made its way to the UK.

Hospital admissions have gone up by 24 per cent in the previous week in the UK, and many people attributed the increase to the new variant KP.3.Together with other variants, the new variant, which is a subvariant of the highly contagious Omicron strain, accounts for more than 69 per cent of cases in the US.

By June 8, 33.1 percent of Covid illnesses in the US were caused by KP.3.

The set of novel Covid viral strains that surfaced in April are referred to as the FLiRT variants (the technical names for their two mutations).

Here is what we know so far about this new variant. 

The new variant has been called FLiRT after the technical name for its mutation and it is FLiRT that is behind the KP.3, KP.2 and KP.1.1 …