XBB.1.16: Big jump in Singapore - suddenly outcompetes XBB.1.9.1 - *2 Updates*

BREAKING: Singapore has seen an unexpectedly large rise in the XBB.1.16 variant of Omicron.

The data, from CovSpectrum, shows that XBB.1.16 has risen from just 1% of sequences to over 23% of sequences in just ELEVEN DAYS.

XBB.1.16 is the variant that has seen extraordinary growth in India in the past few weeks.

XBB.1.16 in India:

Raj Rajnarayanan – XBB.1.16 will outcomepete XBB.1.9.1:

Vipin Vashishta on XBB.1.16 in India:

The Hindustan Times:

UPDATE 1 – 3rd April 2023 – There’s no doubt that XBB.1.16 has easily outcompeted XBB.1.9.1 in Singapore

And it looks fit enough to outcompete XBB.1.5 too…

UPDATE 2 – 3rd April 2023 – XBB.1.16 at 42% of sequences in Nepal

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XBB.1.9.1 now the dominant Covid variant in Singapore

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