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Maharashtra records 91 cases of new Covid subvariant 'FLiRT': All you need to know

​The findings indicate that the reproduction number of KP.2 is 1.22-, 1.32-, and 1.26-times higher than that of JN.1 in USA, United Kingdom, and Canada, respectively." This suggests that KP.2 has a higher transmission rate than JN.1 in these countries. Surprisingly, despite its increased reproduction number, the study also found that the infectivity of KP.2 is significantly lower than that of JN.1, with a 10.5-fold difference.