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South China Morning Post on 2024-05-17 06:09

Hong Kong uncovers new Covid strain in local sewage waters but officials say it’s unlikely to become city’s top variant

KP.2 is offshoot of Omicron variant and was first detected in India in early January, before spreading around the world and becoming dominant strain in US.

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