A new variation of Covid-19 has been detected in several countries around the world - including the United Kingdom, India, USA, Australia and Germany.
Named BA.2.75 - it's a subvariant of Omicron. You may have heard it also titled Centaurus, the name of a constellation which it was given by a social media user in recent weeks.
The World Health Organisation has classified the new strain at a 'variant of interest' rather than a variant of concern, which means that it is being monitored. However, there is not yet evidence that it will cause problems alike the Alpha and Delta strains of the virus.
