The XFG variant is a descendant of the Omicron sub-variant. According to a Lancet report, it was first detected in Canada.

The WHO has classified XFG or ‘Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very ...

A new variant of covid dubbed a ‘Frankenstein’ strain is gaining ground fast in the US and around the world raising concerns ...

Nicknamed “Stratus,” the XFG strain was recently designated a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization ...

A new Covid variant XFG, nicknamed ‘Stratus’, has been found in 38 countries. According to an expert, the countries showing ...

The new variant has come out of seemingly nowhere, but now is fast becoming the dominant strain of the potentially deadly ...

XFG is part of the Omicron family, of which there are now more than 1,000 known subvariants, but it’s rising rapidly in ...

The Stratus COVID-19 variant, which includes the XFG and XFG.3 strains, currently accounts for around 30 per cent of COVID-19 ...

A new variant of COVID that makes up more than 30% of cases in the UK and more than 42% of cases in Spain more easily beats ...

Plus, what to know about brain-eating amoebas and hot weather. You’re reading our weekly Well+Being newsletter. Sign up here ...

The latest data by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has shown that the Stratus variant is now the dominant strain in ...

Covid XFG, or 'stratus' as it is also known, is a descendant of the Omicron variant and was first detected back in January 2025. It has also been referred to as a "Frankenstein" or "recombinant ...