Key Points
The new Covid-19 variant FLiRT, which is spreading fast in the US, is capable of evading the immune system due to a trans substitution of amino acids between two spike proteins, the experts said on Sunday...
FLiRT, which belongs to Omicrons JN1 lineage, is rapidly replacing the previous variant, Eris, in the US, the UK, New Zealand, and South Korea, according to Rajeev Gupta, Director of Internal Medicine at the CK Birla Hospital in Delhi...
According to the Infectious Disease Society of America, the nickname FLiRT is based on the technical names for their mutations...
The symptoms of the new variant are similar to those of other Omicron sub-variants, such as sore throat, cough, fatigue, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, muscle aches, fever, and possible loss of taste and smell, the experts mentioned..
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