China monitors the KP.2 COVID-19 variant closely, with minimal cases reported. Health experts advise hygiene practices and a ...
What are the KP.1 and KP.2 strains? Are they more infectious and are current vaccines effective against newer variants of ...
On Wednesday, China’s Health authorities said that the variant is unlikely to trigger a new infection wave in the country. An ...
For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of Covid cases. But now, an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up ...
There is a new coronavirus variant in town. KP.2, a member of the so-called FliRT variants, nicknamed after their mutations, has become the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States ...
The KP.2 variant is steadily spreading in the U.S. Also known as a ‘FLiRT’ variant, KP.2 does not seem to be more infectious than JN.1. KP.2 is expected to become the most common variant in the U.S.
SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps churning out new variants. The latest is a duo, KP.2 and KP.1.1, known as the FLiRT variants, and they’re sparking speculation about a summer ...
KP.2 currently makes up an estimated 28.2% of cases in the U.S., CDC data shows. For the last few months, JN.1 has been the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, making up the majority ...
Highly transmissible COVID subvariant KP.2, which quickly spread through the US, was recently detected in Australia. Experts said that, while most Australians don't face much risk, vulnerable ...
At the end of March, the KP.2 variant was causing about 4% of infections in the U.S., according to the CDC, while its parental strain, JN.1, was causing over 50% of infections at that time. As of ...