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May 7, 2024 – 9:19 pm
The Covid-19 pandemic forced almost everyone to lock themselves in due to the serious risk of contagion. Almost four years have passed and different variants continue to emerge, although none have had a great impact on the population. In recent days, a delicate case became known that has the scientific world in expectation.
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Currently, a family of variants called ‘FliRT’ is circulating in the United States. Within the aforementioned, another variant called KP.2 stands out, which represents 25% of all the cases currently under study in the United States, according to The Clinic portal..
Similarly, KP.1 is also circulating in that country and in just two weeks, It already appears with 7.5% of all cases. And this situation not only impacts the United States.since the aforementioned portal stated in Germany there has also been knowledge about the expansion of the variant.
In the European country, KP.2 stands out with 19% of infections, while there is another segment of Covid-19 called JN.1, which is the one that prevails with 38% in total.
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The Clinic explained through a study carried out in Japan, it was possible to establish that KP.2 has a wide expansion power, because it has a high reproduction capacity among pathogens. This being the case, there is the possibility that it will dominate on all continents.
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“A preliminary Japanese study indicates that KP.2 has a greater reproductive capacity than the JN.1 variant, which could position it as the dominant strain globally,” The Clinic said.
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