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Arcturus Variant

COVID-19: Highly-Infectious 'Arcturus' Variant Now Identified In 27 States, Including CT COVID-19: Highly-Infectious 'Arcturus' Variant Now Identified In 27 States, Including CT
Covid-19: Highly-Infectious 'Arcturus' Variant Now Identified In 27 States, Including CT Click here for a new, updated story - COVID-19: New ‘Arcturus' Variant Causing Symptom Not Typically Seen A new COVID-19 variant first detected in New York in January has now been identified in 27 states. The so-called Arcturus strain — officially known as XBB.1.16 — is believed to be one of the most infectious versions of Omicron to date.  Shortly after the World Health Organization began monitoring the variant in late March, cases had been reported in about two dozen countries. Arcturus has been sparking a surge of cases in India, prompting  Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s…