A new COVID-19 variant is spread alarmingly in the United States.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The US health body maintains that this new variant can overtake KP.3 variant anytime soon.
There is currently no evidence that KP.3 or LB.1 cause more severe disease.
Reportedly, the COVID-19 cases caused by LB.1 variant are rising in California and HHS Region 2, which includes New York and New Jersey.
Reportedly, LB.1 is closely related to KP.3, a descendant of JN.1 variant of COVID-19.
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) maintains that Unlike KP.2 and KP.3, however, LB.1 exhibits an additional mutation (S:S31del) in addition to the substitutions present in KP.2 and KP.3 that designate them as ‘FLiRT’ variants.
Although CDC has also presented any evidence suggesting that LB.1 might be more severe than its ancestors.