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A new variant of Covid, known as 'Stratus', is spreading rapidly and presents a unique symptom to be mindful of. The Stratus strain, which has two variants - XFG and XFG. 3 - was first identified in January this year .

By June, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared XFG as 'under monitoring' due to its 'increasing proportions globally' . On September 3, the UK Health Security Agency reported a 7.1% increase in coronavirus cases across England compared to the previous week, although it's unclear how many are linked to the XFG variant.

Health authorities in Ireland also logged 425 new infections in the first week of September, with the XFG variant believed to be responsible for most of these cases, reports the Mirror . Typically, Covid symptoms mirror those o

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