Thread by @Mike_Honey_

Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to early June.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant rose as high as 57%, but fell back in later samples to 29%.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant grew to 27%.

#COVID19 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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The odd-looking bump in the JN.1.* + FLiRT group is down to a relatively large batch of samples collected across 3 days in late May, from Kazakhstan. The LF.7.1.3 sub-variant was dominant.

That will likely be smoothed out as more data arrives from other countries.
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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.
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For the "Global - Other" countries, the XFG.* "Stratus" variant is holding a strong growth advantage of 6.6% per day (46% per week) over the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant. That predicts a crossover in early June (the data routinely lags).
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Thailand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea look set to follow Hong Kong and China by reporting a "clean sweep" of the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant.
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XFG.* "Stratus" made up 100% of recent samples from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Myanmar and Qatar look similar. Growth in India may have slowed at 66%.
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Japan has been sharing more samples recently, leapfrogging Brazil.
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