Kraken, a variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that has been sweeping through the U.S., is now in B.C. The Provincial Health Services Authority has confirmed that as of late Wednesday there were at least 12 cases of the Kraken, or XBB.1.
Kraken, a variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that has been sweeping through the U.S., is now in B.C.
The cases have all been detected in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions, according to Cassidy Olivier, a spokesperson for the Provincial Health Services Authority. XBB1.5 is of concern because it has acquired additional mutations that enhances its ability to bind to and thus enter human cells. These mutations may indicate that this variant is able to spread more easily but does necessarily mean that the resulting illness is more severe, he added.
Kraken was responsible for 40 per cent of the confirmed COVID cases in the U.S. last week, and 75 per cent of confirmed cases in the American Northeast.
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