COVID Subvariant
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JN.1 is Canada’s new dominant COVID-19 subvariant. Here’s what to knowA new COVID-19 subvariant, known as JN.1, has emerged and rapidly become the prevailing strain across Canada and health experts are cautioning it may be more infectious.CanadaJan 5, 2024
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XBB1.5: Here’s what we know about the ‘most transmissible’ COVID strain yetXBB.1.5, a COVID subvariant of Omicron and has been detected in 29 countries to date, the WHO said during a briefing Wednesday.HealthJan 4, 2023
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B.C. health officials monitoring COVID subvariant ‘Kraken’ spreading in U.S., AsiaDr. Brian Conway said everyone should make sure all vaccinations are up to date, including the latest bivalent vaccine. In addition, people should stay home when they are sick.HealthJan 2, 2023
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Infected with BA.1 Omicron variant? It won’t protect against newer subvariants: studyPeople infected with the earliest version of the Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa in November, may be vulnerable to reinfection with later versions of Omicron.HealthJun 19, 2022
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B.C. has recorded 66 cases of the Omicron subvariant, province confirmsMore than 10,000 cases of the Omicron subvariant have been reported in 47 countries, but so far, just 51 cases of the BA.2 variant have been detected in Canada.HealthJan 26, 2022
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