New FLiRT family of COVID subvariants arrives in Australia | ABC News

A new family of subvariants of COVID called FLiRT has swept through the United States and has arrived in Australia.
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It’s much more transmissible than previous iterations, but usually causes less severe illness than earlier versions of the disease.

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