New Covid variant emerging?

There’s a new Covid variant affecting increasing numbers of people in the US – what could it mean for UK public health?

The ‘kraken’ variant is a subvariant of the omicron variant of Covid 19 – and it looks like it is even more infectious. This link has more details.

The ‘kraken’ COVID variant XBB.1.5 is rising quickly in the US – here’s what it could mean for the UK (theconversation.com)