What Are the Current COVID-19 Symptoms of the ‘Stratus’ Variant XFG?

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A new variant of the continually mutating COVID-19 virus has health officials on alert as it spreads rapidly worldwide.

Nicknamed “Stratus,” the XFG strain was recently designated a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO), as it accounts for a growing proportion of cases globally, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the new variant is connected to a simultaneous rise in new cases and hospitalizations.

Despite the uptick in illness, the WHO considers the overall public health risk from XFG to be low, and current data does not suggest that this variant leads to more severe illness or deaths than other variants in circulation.

“In most parts of the United States, we are in a pretty good place regarding respiratory illness, and most people should be enjoying their summer activities without too much worry,” says Mark Rupp, MD, a professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

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