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New COVID-19 subvariant referred to as Arcturus on the rise in Australia. This is what we know about it

There's a new COVID-19 subvariant of Omicron circulating among us.

XBB.1.16 was first detected in NSW in February this year, with infections slowly rising.

The World Health Organization (WHO) assessed this strain as "low risk" on a global scale, compared with others currently in circulation.

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