A new COVID variant is causing concern in India — and it may be 1.2 times more infectious than the Kraken variant.
Arcturus — technically the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 — caused India’s health ministry to launch mock drills in order to see if hospitals are properly prepared to handle a potential influx of COVID patients.
XXB.1.16 — one of more than 600 Omicron subvariants — was first detected in January. It’s being monitored by theThe variant has been detected in other countries as well, but most of the cases were in India, where it took over other variants. XBB.1.16 has been reported in several states in the US, including California, Washington, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Texas, “It’s been in circulation for a few months. We haven’t seen a change in severity in individuals or in populations, but that’s why we have these systems in place,” Dr.
Mutations of the new variant could potentially make it more difficult for the immune system to take on, increasing the growth rate, scientists suggested. They noted that there’s no evidence that XBB.1.16 has the power to bypass protection from either vaccines or antibodies from prior infections compared to Kraken, which was the dominant strain in the UK by the end of February.
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