Pandemic Response Archives - The Local News App https://thelocalnews.app/tag/pandemic-response/ Only what you care about Thu, 16 May 2024 17:52:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://thelocalnews.app/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-the-local-news-app-logo-512-1-150x150.png Pandemic Response Archives - The Local News App https://thelocalnews.app/tag/pandemic-response/ 32 32 220501511 New COVID Variant FLiRT Emerges in Oregon https://thelocalnews.app/new-covid-variant-flirt-emerges-in-oregon/ https://thelocalnews.app/new-covid-variant-flirt-emerges-in-oregon/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 17:52:33 +0000 https://thelocalnews.app/?p=46917 Portland, Oregon – Health authorities in Oregon are closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, named FLiRT, believed to be less responsive to the current COVID vaccine. FLiRT: The Emerging Variant FLiRT is derived from mutations of the KP.2 strain and has quickly gained prevalence, now accounting for approximately 28% of COVID cases […]

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