The stunning global growth of XBB.1.5
An incredible new visualisation showing the growth of XBB.1.5 across the globe, created by Mike Honey.
The visualisation shows XBB.1.5 – aka Kraken – from its first sighting New York in October 2022, through a stealth phase in early November when it spread across the US, to its current state of explosive growth across the entire planet, just as the original wild-type Covid variant did in early 2020.
5th May 2021 – the Delta variant becomes dominant in India within a few short weeks:
India: The stunning rise of the B.1.617.2 [Delta] coronavirus variant
** This post was originally published on January 4, 2023 **