It was declared a Variant Under Monitoring (VUM) by the WHO on May 23 and is one of six strains currently being monitored.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a rise in Covid-19 infections linked to the emergence of a new variant, ...

India, Thailand, Indonesia, and several other countries in Asia have seen a surge in Covid cases since mid-May, sparking ...

Covid-19 posed an immediate threat to the physical health of doctors, nurses and others working at the frontline who were ...

South Africa is closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, known as Nimbus or NB.1.8.1, associated with a ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN) is closely monitoring the emergence of a newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, a ...

The dominant strain in the U.S. is currently LP.8.1, which Moderna recently selected as the strain to be included in its ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa is closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant linked to ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern ...

Doctors have issued a warning about the new coronavirus strain, which has been flagged in the UK, US and Australia.

A new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that seems better adapted to infect people is fuelling a fresh wave of covid-19 sweeping through Asia and the Western Pacific region and is increasingly showing up ...