{
  "id": 19317811,
  "title": "Global spread of new Covid variant highlights lingering danger of deadly virus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/global-spread-of-new-covid-variant-highlights-lingering-danger-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-10T09:58:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/11/10/global-spread-of-new-covid-variant-highlights-lingering-danger-of-deadly-virus/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new strain of Covid-19 spreading around the world has served to highlight the lingering and evolving threat posed by the virus – nearly seven years after it first emerged. Doctors have said the new form of the virus , named PJ. 2.1, does not appear to be significantly more harmful than other recent types but is accounting for a greater proportion of cases. Although Covid-19 is not causing the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}