Doctors say the new variant appears to be more contagious than other variants but doesn't cause more severe illness.

A new COVID-19 strain linked to a spike in cases in China has been detected in the U.S., but the CDC says it has seen so few ...

Preliminary data from researchers in China suggest the NB.1.8.1 variant is not better at evading the immune system compared ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified LF.7 and NB.1.8 subvariants as Variants Under Monitoring (VUMs), not as ...

One case of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four instances of the LF.7 type have been detected in India, ...

The country has recently detected two fresh Covid-19 variants, NB.1.8.1 and LF.7, as there has been a slight surge in cases ...

New Covid-19 variants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 have been detected in India, as several states report rising cases. Delhi, ...

A new sub-variant of Covid-19 called NB.1.8.1 has been detected in India. The NB.1.8.1 sample is considered a descendant of ...

– Maharashtra's Thane: A Covid patient died while eight new cases of the viral infection were reported in Thane on Saturday, ...

Nagpur: Two new Covid-19 variants have been informed by the WHO's South East Asia Regional Office's (SEARO) collaborating and ...

As of May 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified LF.7 and NB.1.8.1 subvariants as 'Variants Under Monitoring' ...

While one case of NB.1.8.1 variant of Covid-19 was identified in April in Tamil Nadu, four cases of LF.7 were detected in ...