@newsweek: Despite the nickname, "American COVID" doesn’t mean XFG necessarily originated in the United States.   UKHSA explicitly addressed the term this month, saying XFG has been referred to as "American COVID" in some media coverage. However, it added that the variant "is not new" and has circulated in Britain and other countries for around a year. Read more at the link on our post. #Newsweek #news #COVID #publichealth

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