'Highly Contagious' New Covid Stratus Strain Has Become Dominant In The UK – Here's Its Most Distinctive Symptom

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'Highly Contagious' New Covid Stratus Strain Has Become Dominant In The UK – Here's Its Most Distinctive Symptom

Friday 4th July 2025, 9:11AM

Testing for CovidA new strain of Covid called XFG and nicknamed the Stratus variant has been spreading rapidly, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.They describe the strain as a “variant under monitoring (VUM).”The variant seems to be spreading quite quickly, which is partly why it’s “under monitoring.”It has come to account for 22.7% of cases worldwide in the week 26 May-1 June,

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