Regional AlertNo need to panic about the new COVID-19 variant June 11, 2025By MBDS Team10 June 2025. The newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, is anOmicron-descendent lineage derived from the recombinant variant XDV.1.5.1.Preliminary data indicate that the NB.1.8.1 variant has mutations in the spikeprotein that may increase the variant’s transmissibility and that result in marginalimmune evasion compared to other currently circulating variants.
