CDC raises concerns about new "Flirt" COVID variants

Name: CDC raises concerns about new "Flirt" COVID variants
Uploaded: 2024-05-10T19:26:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Description: (CBS NEWS) – More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 strain. JN.1 was the variant behind this past winter wave of infections.

(CBS NEWS) – More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 strain. JN.1 was the variant behind this past winter wave of infections.