COVID Subvariant

• JN.1 is Canada’s new dominant COVID-19 subvariant. Here’s what to know

  A 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. 

  Canada

  Jan 5
  
• XBB1.5: Here’s what we know about the ‘most transmissible’ COVID strain yet

  XBB.1.5, a COVID subvariant of Omicron and has been detected in 29 countries to date, the WHO said during a briefing Wednesday.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2023
  
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• B.C. health officials monitoring COVID subvariant ‘Kraken’ spreading in U.S., Asia

  Dr. 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.

  Health

  Jan 2, 2023
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• Infected with BA.1 Omicron variant? It won’t protect against newer subvariants: study

  People 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.

  Health

  Jun 19, 2022
• B.C. has recorded 66 cases of the Omicron subvariant, province confirms

  More 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.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2022