Quick and stealthy 'Scrabble variants' are poised to drive a winter Covid-19 surge | CNN

A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge.

In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant variant XBB has been rising quickly and appears to be fueling a new wave of cases in Singapore. Cases are also rising in Europe and the UK, where these variants have taken hold. Dr.

Fauci says that this time, we are as ready as we could be for the latest batch of variants. “It isn’t that different from BA.5 that it would completely escape the protection that you would get from vaccine” – if people would just get the shot, Fauci said. The bivalent booster vaccine, authorized in September, protects against the original strain of the coronavirus as well as the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. “We have a BA.5 bivalent updated vaccine as a booster that we’re pushing people to do.

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