Arcturus, a new COVID-19 sub-variant, has caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO). The new omicron variant, XBB.1.16, causes familiar symptoms of previous variants of coronavirus.

Data from variant trackers indicate more than 65 cases of Arcturus have been sequenced in the UK. But according to Mike Sandys, the director of public health at Leicestershire County Council ...

“There are currently about 800 sequences of this strain, most of which are found in India, where it has already replaced other circulating variants,” the WHO reported. The Arcturus subvariant ...

Nevertheless, the MHLW is an important milestone for the saRNA field and the Arcturus/CSL alliance, which has candidates against other variants in phase 3 testing – including the prevailing XBB ...