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No, the CDC hasn’t issued a ‘health advisory’ about the XBB COVID-19 subvariant
A post circulating on Facebook in recent weeks claims to show a CDC health advisory about the XBB subvariant of COVID-19. “Everyone is advised to wear a mask because the new COVID-Omicron XBB ...
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How serious a threat is new Omicron Covid variant XBB.1.5?
The new subvariant is another offshoot of Omicron, the highly transmissible strain that followed the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta variants. Like other subvariants, XBB.1.5 was formed when ...
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Coronavirus: XBB may become dominant strain in Hong Kong, health expert says, pointing to Singapore’s explosion of cases
“Nevertheless, XBB is a recombinant of BA 2.75 and 2.10.1. Most people in Hong Kong have been infected with Omicron BA.2 or BA.5 before, plus [they have] a very high vaccination rate ...
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Omicron variants XBB, BQ.1 causing 20-30% of Covid-19 infections in India, say doctors
The number of Covid-19 cases may be going down in the country, but the emergence of two new Omicron variants — XBB and BQ.1 — are becoming a cause for concern. India has reported over 233 ...