#NHS #NHSjabs #COVID #vaccine #autumn2023 #COVIDvariant #UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/08/nhs-to-begin-autumn-covid-jabs-next-week-as-new-variant-spreads

I find this graph perhaps the most disturbing.

Prof Francois Balloux, director of the UCL Genetics Institute, said #BA286 was the most striking #Covid strain the world has witnessed since the emergence of #Omicron.

“The most plausible scenario is that the lineage acquired its mutations during a long-term infection in an #ImmunoCompromised person over a year ago and then spread back into the community,” he said.

New #CovidVariant causing concern among scientists detected in #London | #Covid19 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/18/new-covid-variant-ba286-causing-concern-among-scientists-detected-in-london

What is Orthrus? New Covid Omicron variant behind quarter of UK cases | The Independent
#CovidIsNotOver
#Covid
#CovidVariant
#Orthrus

Data suggests new variant running as high as 100% in parts of England

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/orthrus-covid-omicron-variant-cases-b2263689.html

XBB.1.5, pegged by the World Health Organization as “the most transmissible” descendant yet of the omicron variant, rose from barely 2 percent of U.S. cases at the start of December to more than 27 percent the first week of January, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/01/08/new-covid-variant-xbb15/ #CovidVariant #xbb15 #HighlyTransmissible #CovidSureg #PublicHealth