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Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant was steady at 51%.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew to 21%.

The volatility is due to the ragged timing of submissions from various countries.

This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.

#COVID19 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate and grew strongly to 72%. It looks on track for a "clean sweep" as seen earlier in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger as it has been successful elsewhere. In Australia, XFG.* is still only at 6%.

#COVID19 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate and grew strongly to 72%. It looks on track for a "clean sweep" as seen earlier in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger as it has been successful elsewhere. In Australia, XFG.* is still only at 6%.

#COVID19 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" and XFG.* "Stratus" variants are battling for dominance in an unclear picture. So far they have each been succeeding in different countries.

XFG.* "Stratus" seemed to have the best underlying momentum, until recently when samples from the US became less dominant.

#COVID19 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant grew strongly to dominance at around 36%. LP.8.1.* fell to around 28%.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is also quite prevalent at around 19%. This is a novel scenario – until now I’ve only seen one or the other growing strongly in each country or region.

A double-wave seems very likely in Canada. This scenario raises the risk of rapid reinfections, for those relying on immunity from a recent infection.

#COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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"Une énième vague de Covid est en cours. Après un hiver relativement calme, sans vague épidémique malgré l’appellation totalement fausse de «virus saisonnier» accolée par les agences sanitaires françaises à Sars-CoV-2, le virus circule à nouveau activement parmi nous en Europe, après des signaux d’alerte depuis plusieurs semaines en Asie, où il est encore surveillé… Le ministère de Santé publique thaïlandais avait ainsi dénombré plus de 53 000 cas de Covid entre le 18 et le 24 mai 2025, dont une dizaine de morts, relançant pendant un moment la discussion sur la fermeture des écoles, jugée inutile du fait des mesures de testing et d’isolement des malades. En France, le recueil des eaux usées a montré une remontée de la présence du virus ; les cabinets médicaux et les plateformes de téléconsultation voient ressurgir plus souvent des patients présentant des symptômes évocateurs du Covid, dont l’agueusie (perte du goût) et l’anosmie (perte de l’odorat). Le variant circulant actuellement, NB.1.8.1, surnommé «Nimbus», semble se distinguer par un symptôme particulièrement douloureux, une sensation de lame de rasoir dans la gorge, autrement dit… un symptôme particulièrement banal dans les angines, aussi appelées, pour être plus précis, des amygdalites."
liberation.fr/societe/sante/nb
#covid19 #pandémie #CovidIsNotOver #Nimbus #NB181 #santé #santéPublique #vaccin

Libération · NB.1.8.1, le nouveau variant du Covid qui sévit dans l’indifférence généraleBy Christian Lehmann

Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to early June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant rose as high as 57%, but fell back in later samples to 29%.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is challenging, growing to 27%.

The odd-looking bump in the JN.1.* + FLiRT group is down to a relatively large batch of samples collected across 3 days in late May, from Kazakhstan. The LF.7.1.3 sub-variant was dominant.

That will likely be smoothed out as more data arrives from other countries.

This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.

#COVID19 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, finishing at around 52% frequency.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger as it has just become dominant globally. In NZ, XFG.* grew to 7%.

A double-wave seems increasingly likely in NZ, as we saw in late 2023 to early 2024. The EG.5.* "Eris" wave was built upon by JN.1.* "Pirola". This scenario raises the risk of rapid reinfections, for those relying on immunity from a recent infection.

#COVID19 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has been struggling lately, at around 25%.

Growth of the XFG.* "Stratus" variant accelerated to 28%, and it is now dominant.

The odd-looking bump in the JN.1.* + FLiRT group is down to a relatively large batch of samples collected across 3 days in late May, from Kazakhstan. The LF.7.1.3 sub-variant was dominant.

That will likely be smoothed out as more data arrives from other countries.

#COVID19 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Continued thread

Since healthcare workers largely refuse to mask, hospital acquired Covid is still a very serious risk for many of us.

It also carries a 10% mortality rate.

No one should have to choose between care and Covid.

My guide to avoiding Covid in hospital (the tips apply to other public spaces too!)

disabledginger.com/p/how-to-st

The Disabled Ginger · How to Stay Covid Safe When in HospitalBy Broadwaybabyto

With the resumption of sequence data sharing from China (ahem), the takeover of the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" parallels that reported earlier for Hong Kong, rising close to 100% frequency.

Note the only other significant group is XDV.*, which are the ancestors and cousins of NB.1.8.1.

It’s quite striking to see that level of dominance confirmed again, across a far larger set of samples. I haven’t seen this pattern anywhere, since BA.2.86/JN.1 took over globally in late 2023.

#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #China #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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