Here's the latest variant picture for Queensland.
XBB.1.5 "Kraken" (33%) has remained dominant.
XBF "Bythos" (10%) continues to decline.
The sample volumes seem representative up to March 27.
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FK.1 (10%) is a newly classified descendant of CH.1.1 "Orthrus", which has been quite successful recently in New Zealand - the presumed origin.
As the FK.1 designation has not yet flowed through to Nextclade, I'm approximating it here by searching for samples with the characteristic mutations.
No nickname has been assigned yet for FK.1.
Mike Honey
Peter Frederick