New Covid variant has become dominant amid slow uptake of the updated shots

A new Covid variant has become dominant amid slow uptake of the updated shots The HV.1 variant took over this week as the dominant variant in the U.S., but just around 3.5 % of the population has received an updated Covid shot thus far. NBC News

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The variant, called HV.1, replaced EG.5 as the country's most prevalent this week, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The two variants are genetically similar versions of omicron.

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