Everything you need to know about new ‘Arcturus’ Covid strain – as new symptom strikes kids
“We haven’t seen a change in severity in individuals or in populations, but that’s why we have these systems in place.”
She said that laboratory studies showed “increased infectivity as well as potential increased pathogenicity”. Dr Maria added that while XBB.1.16 had been detected in other countries most sequences were from India where it had replaced other variants.According to the UK Health Security Agency, there are currently less than 100 cases in the country and ore severe illness hasn’t been found in people infected with the new variant.
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