{"id":33658,"date":"2022-01-12T09:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=33658"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:41:37","slug":"covid-variants-how-many-strains-are-in-circulation-and-causing-concern-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/12\/covid-variants-how-many-strains-are-in-circulation-and-causing-concern-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and causing concern around the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30219\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/variant-names.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the world already battling to bring high rates of infection from the\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/omicron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"91\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:91,&quot;p&quot;:49,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:32}\">Omicron<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"92\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:92,&quot;p&quot;:49,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:33}\">Delta<\/a>\u00a0variants of\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"93\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:93,&quot;p&quot;:49,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:34}\">Covid-19<\/a> under control this winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/medical\/covid-variants-how-many-strains-are-in-circulation-and-causing-concern-around-the-world\/ar-AASGJZN?ocid=msedgntp\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 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