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What to know about the new transmissible COVID-19 variants

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Two new sub-variants, nicknamed FLiRT, are responsible for a growing number of COVID-19 infections. But they do not appear to be causing a surge of infections — yet.

We ask Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, associate dean at the University of California San Francisco, about what we need to know ahead of the summer.

This segment aired on May 15, 2024.

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