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Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, and rebounded a bit to finish at 53%.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew steadily to 37%.</p><p>This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GlobalOther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalOther</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, growing to 58% frequency. </p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" faded to 14%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUR</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LP_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LP_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, growing to 57%.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell away sharply to 10%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-July.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" continued growing steadily to 60%.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 18%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to mid-July. </p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing to 63% frequency.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was fairly flat, finishing at 13%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late July.</p><p>Growth of the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant resumed, and it climbed to 78% frequency.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew slightly to finish at 11%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Western Australia, to late July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, finishing at 83%.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger, and it reached 27% during June. However, it has been less common in the more recent samples</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/auscovid19" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>auscovid19</span></a></span> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to mid-July.</p><p>Growth of XFG.* "Stratus" has continued, and it remains dominant at 50%.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" is fairly flat at around 30%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to finish at 49%.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew strongly to 36%.</p><p>This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GlobalOther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalOther</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, growing to 59% frequency. </p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" faded to 14%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUR</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LP_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LP_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, holding at around 50%.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rebounded somewhat to 24%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-July.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew to clear dominance at 55%.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 22%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to mid-July. </p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing to 56% frequency.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was fairly flat, finishing at 17%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to mid-July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to 49% frequency.</p><p>JN.1.* + DeFLuQE (led by the MC.10.2.1 lineage) rebounded somewhat to 33%.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew to 11%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, rebounding to 71%.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger, but only at 10%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/auscovid19" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>auscovid19</span></a></span> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to mid-July.</p><p>Growth of XFG.* "Stratus" has continued, and it is now dominant at 44%.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" is fairly flat at around 30%. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to early July.</p><p>The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to finish at 42%.</p><p>XFG.* "Stratus" grew strongly to 40%.</p><p>This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GlobalOther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalOther</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to early July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, growing to 53% frequency. </p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has not been as successful, at 17%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUR</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LP_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LP_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to early July.</p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, growing strongly to 49%.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 16%. It has been overtaken by Stratus in it’s former stronghold of Scotland.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>
Mike Honey<p>Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early July. </p><p>The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing to 58% frequency.</p><p>NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was fairly flat, finishing at 14%.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/XFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Stratus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NB_1_8_1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NB_1_8_1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nimbus</span></a><br>🧵</p>