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What is the new COVID variant Cicada in the US and will it impact India? Netizens say, 'Another way to...' India.Com New COVID variant with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 other countries CIDRAP Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2 — Worldwide, November 2024–February 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |…

Key takeaways

Quick scan — what you need to know:

• What is the new COVID variant Cicada in the US and will it impact India?
• Netizens say, 'Another way to...' India.Com New COVID variant with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 other countries CIDRAP Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant…
• What is the new COVID variant Cicada in the US and will it impact India? Netizens say, 'Another way to...'    India.Com
• New COVID variant with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 other countries    CIDRAP Early Detection and

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2 — Worldwide, November 2024–February 2026    Centers for Disease Control
• and Prevention | CDC (.gov) COVID-19 strain that has undergone about 75 mutations spreading in the US    WION New COVID
• variant spreads across US: Full list of states with ‘Cicada’ strain, symptoms, vaccine response and more    Mint What is
• the new COVID variant Cicada in the US and will it impact India? Netizens say, 'Another way to...' India.Com New COVID variant

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 other countries CIDRAP Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant
• BA.3.2 — Worldwide, November 2024–February 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) COVID-19 strain that has
• undergone about 75 mutations spreading in the US WION New COVID variant spreads across US: Full list of states with ‘Cicada’