FLiRT Covid-19 sublineage dominant strain found in Maharashtra
The JN.1.11.1 variant of the novel coronavirus substrain KP.2 (nicknamed FLiRT) may exacerbate new Covid-19 cases because it is more immune evasive and highly transmissible. Experts said that during genome sequencing, 70% of Covid-19 samples tested positive for the KP.2 sublineage, which has emerged as the predominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in Maharashtra. According to … Read more