As part of a new mutation of Covid-19 virus of the pandemicduring the last few weeks the Covid Flirt variant.
This is a family of mutations that were identified by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the United States in wastewater samples, immediately raising some alarms in the northern country.
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In fact, in the second half of April the strain named KP.2 represented close to 25% of the new cases of contagion in said territoryfully establishing itself as the dominant one in the figures, even above the Pyrola or JN.1.
Other variant within Flirt itself is KP.1.1which in numbers translated into a 7.5% of cases in the same period of two weeks (from the 14th to the 27th of last month).
What are the symptoms of the Covid Flirt variant?
As is currently known, the Flirt has symptoms widely associated with the common virus. In this way it could be presented:
- Lethargy.
- Nasal congestion or secretions.
- Headache.
- Sore throat.
- Muscle pains.
- Fatigue.
- Fever or chills in the body.
- Temporary loss of the sense of taste or smell.
- Breathing with difficulty.
- Stomach ache.
- Mild diarrhea.
- Vomiting.
Naturally, and in accordance with what the CDC points out, Not all people should have the symptoms described above.since this can vary from one person to another.
In other details, and as reported by USA Today, health experts point out that the same would generate alterations in a protein. In this way, the virus has an advantage to invade the body and develop the disease.
For now, the reports in Chile have not reported their presence.
