Giuseppe Michieli<p>A new <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/variant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variant</span></a> is on the rise. Here’s what to know about <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LP81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LP81</span></a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-new-covid-variant-is-on-the-rise-heres-what-to-know-about-lp-8-1-253237" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-new-covi</span><span class="invisible">d-variant-is-on-the-rise-heres-what-to-know-about-lp-8-1-253237</span></a></p><p>LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024. It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3, which is descended from JN.1, a subvariant that caused large waves of COVID infections around the world in late 2023 and early 2024.</p>