How contagious is it? – Firstpost

How contagious is it? – Firstpost

The word variant was synonymous with mathematics. However, in 2020, variant became associated with COVID-19 as the virus kept mutating. Since then, many variants have come and gone, infecting thousands and thousands of people across the world. Now, years after COVID first struck, a new variant has emerged — known as XEC — and it … Read more

The Bank of Canada’s growing list of worries

The Bank of Canada’s growing list of worries

For months, the Bank of Canada has been trying to thread a needle: slow the economy just enough to get inflation back under control but not so much that it causes a recession. In a report released this week, the central bank offered up plenty of evidence that its strategy is working. Inflation has eased, economic growth has … Read more

JN.1: JN.1 becomes the dominant Covid variant in India with 60% cases

JN.1: JN.1 becomes the dominant Covid variant in India with 60% cases

The JN.1 subvariant has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in India, accounting for more than 60% of the coronavirus cases in the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter. “XBB, which was the dominant variant for a long period in the country, has been surpassed by JN.1, which has crossed the 500 mark,” … Read more