New, more infectious COVID-19 variant FLuQE overtaking FLiRT in Australia

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Just a couple of months after a new family of COVID-19 strains named FLiRT arrived in Australia, health authorities are warning a new, more infectious subvariant is taking over.

Nicknamed FLuQE, the new sub-variant of the FLiRT family is similar to its predecessors but contains a new mutation which disease experts say makes it more infectious.

Now, there are fears that the more infectious FLuQE subvariant will produce a new wave of rising infections.

 

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