{"id":5911,"date":"2025-04-03T04:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/lp-8-1-variant-surges-to-nearly-one-in-five-covid-19-cases-in-new-south-wales\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T04:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:13:12","slug":"lp-8-1-variant-surges-to-nearly-one-in-five-covid-19-cases-in-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/lp-8-1-variant-surges-to-nearly-one-in-five-covid-19-cases-in-new-south-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"LP.8.1 Variant Surges To Nearly One In Five COVID-19 Cases In New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"L\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LP 8.1 was first detected in July 2024 and is now the third most prevalent strain in New South Wales. <\/h2>\n<p>It originates from the Omicron lineage, specifically KP.1.1.3, a descendant of JN.1, which triggered widespread infections globally in late 2023 and early 2024. <\/p>\n<p>In January, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated LP.8.1 a variant under monitoring due to its notable global expansion, though it deems the additional public health risk worldwide to be low.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say LP.8.1\u2019s symptoms align with those of other circulating strains, showing no heightened severity, suggesting it won\u2019t significantly alter the pandemic\u2019s path. Australia has tallied nearly 45,000 new COVID-19 cases in 2025, with approximately 260 individuals currently in hospital. The true case count is likely far higher, as testing and reporting have waned.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials assure that existing COVID-19 vaccines, including the latest JN.1-targeted shots, defend against severe disease and symptomatic infection from LP.8.1.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/lp-8-1-variant-surges-to-nearly-one-in-five-covid-19-cases-in-new-south-wales\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LP 8.1 was first detected in July 2024 and is now the third most prevalent strain in New South Wales. It originates from the Omicron lineage, specifically KP.1.1.3, a descendant of JN.1, which triggered widespread infections globally in late 2023 and early 2024. In January, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated LP.8.1 a variant under &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"LP.8.1 Variant Surges To Nearly One In Five COVID-19 Cases In New South Wales\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/lp-8-1-variant-surges-to-nearly-one-in-five-covid-19-cases-in-new-south-wales\/#more-5911\" aria-label=\"Read more about LP.8.1 Variant Surges To Nearly One In Five COVID-19 Cases In New South Wales\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/aaf1d231-973ofqcvx394o3k28yymz8.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}