The 'Kraken' sub-variant is now New Zealand's dominant Covid strain — here's why that's not as scary as it sounds

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The 'Kraken' sub-variant is now New Zealand's dominant Covid strain — here's why that's not as scary as it sounds

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Wednesday 29 March 2023, 01:29 PM

COVID-19 [Image: US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]

The kraken is a fearsome mythical creature that now shares a name with a virus subvariant [Image: US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]

Out of the ‘variant soup’, one Covid-19 strain is emerging as the new dominant variety. Stuff's Kate Newton reports

The so-called ‘Kraken’ sub-variant now makes up about half of all Covid-19 cases sequenced in New Zealand – but its rapid dominance doesn’t necessaril

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