Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today.
With a new, highly contagious COVID variant known as XBB.1.5 quickly rising in the U.S., particularly in the East Coast, what will that mean for the Chicago area?
The new and highly contagious COVID variant known as XBB.1.5, or informally as the"kraken" variant, quickly rose to dominance in the Northeast, but experts in the Chicago area are bracing for a similar situation to unfold here soon."We've seen a few XBB.1.5. in Chicago," Hannah Barbian, a virologist who tracks COVID variants with Rush University Medical Center, told NBC Chicago.XBB.1.
The new COVID variant XBB.1.5, also known unofficially as the"kraken" variant, continued to rise in the Midwest, according to data from theAre Symptoms of the ‘Kraken' Variant Different From Other COVID Strains? Here's What Doctors Say A highly contagious"recombinant" variant composed of two different BA.2 strains, the"kraken" variant has quickly become the dominant form of COVID in the U.S. and is continuing to spread nationwide.
Also known as XBB.1.5, the variant quickly rose to prominence as experts say it is more contagious than many of its predecessors.
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