Arcturus (XBB 1 16), a new Covid variant associated with a strange symptom? newsbeezer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsbeezer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new Covid subvariant is under the radar of the World Health Organization (WHO) and is also causing concern in India. This Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.16, dubbed as Arcturus has caused a surge in new cases in India in the last few weeks. Indian central government has asked people not to panic as they have made all the preparations and conducted mock drills in hospitals as a refresher course for doctors to help Covid patients. Cases linked to this variant are also rising in Singapore, the US and Australia among others.
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A new COVID variant is causing concern in India and it may be 1.2 times more infectious than the Kraken variant. The new strain, dubbed Arcturus, has increased 13-fold in the last month in that country.