Mastodawn

Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-October.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, but fell to 77% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew to 14%.

Here are the leading European countries reporting XFG.* "Stratus".

Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands are reporting the highest recent frequencies, at 90-100%.
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Here are the leading European countries reporting NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus".

The recent rebound in this variant is being reported from multiple countries, led by Germany.
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