{"id":710418,"date":"2023-01-09T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=710418"},"modified":"2023-01-09T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T09:44:12","slug":"new-covid-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/new-covid-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"New Covid Variant?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, scientists have discovered a news Covid variant that has been causing major concerns in the US. This is the place it has been seen rapidly spreading.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There has been some cases of this new variant spotted in other countries such as the UK, however it is mainly spreading in the UK.<\/p>\n

The variant is known as XBB.1.5!<\/p>\n

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This new variant is similar to the Omicron variant that was discovered back in 2022. There has been reports that this variant has similar symptoms to Omicron.<\/p>\n

XBB.1.5 evolved from the regular XBB variant that started in the UK in September 2022. XBB had a mutation that help it beat the body’s immune system.<\/p>\n

“A bit of the genome from one virus gets joined up with another bit from a second virus, and they merge, and that goes on to transmit.” Said Dr Ewan Harrison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over 40% of the US are thought to have this new variant as it is making an impact on the US.<\/p>\n

Hospital admissions have been rising in recent weeks due to the new variant as well.<\/p>\n

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