COVID-19 as a whole is still a major national and international health concern. So far this year, there have been close to 45 ...
The latest variant on the rise is LP.8.1. It’s increasing in Australia, making up close to one in five COVID cases in New ...
More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we're still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the ...
Experts say LP.8.1’s symptoms align with those of other circulating strains, showing no heightened severity, suggesting it ...
LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024. It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3, which is descended from JN.1, a subvariant that caused large waves of COVID infections around the world ...
So far this year, Australia has recorded close to 45,000 new COVID-19 cases, while around 260 people are currently in ...
More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we're still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2.The latest variant on the rise is LP.8.1. It's increasing in ...
It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3 ... around the world in late 2023 and early 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated LP.8.1 as a variant under monitoring ...