A new COVID-19 variant was expected to become the top strain in Ontario. The variant has been spreading across parts of the world and among neighbors to the south. Health experts say the strain belongs to the Omicron family.
The World Health Organization calls the new variant NB.1.8.1. Scientists say it comes from another variant called XDV.1.5.1. Cases of the new strain appear around the globe as the former leading COVID strain LP.8.1 starts going down. Officials track these changes to watch how the virus spreads.
The World Health Organization calls the new variant NB.1.8.1. Scientists say it comes from another variant called XDV.1.5.1. Cases of the new strain appear around the globe as the former leading COVID strain LP.8.1 starts going down. Officials track these changes to watch how the virus spreads.
