What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’ or BA.3.2.

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 or “cicada” is not widely circulating in the U.S. yet, but based on trends in Europe, it may become more prominent.

New COVID-19 variant dubbed 'cidada' for its long incubation period in patients. Here's what to know.

Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called the cicada, because of its long incubation period.

CDC Report Calls BA.3.2 COVID-19 Variant Dubbed ‘Cicada’ A New Lineage

A recent CDC MMWR report described the BA.3.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant, nicknamed "cicada," as a new lineage of COVD-19 virus. The WHO considers it a variant under monitoring.

Mutated viral variant found in US for first time in SFO traveler

A mutated strain of the COVID-19 virus, first detected in the U.S. in a traveler to SFO, is increasingly appearing across the country.  A March 19 report from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention detailed the rise of the COVID-19 BA.
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New COVID variant under surveillance, BA.3.2, has been picked up in 23 countries so far

A highly mutated variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, has been detected in a number of countries. The variant, called BA.3.2, was first detected in South Africa way back in November 2024,

Uncovering the evolutionary limits of the COVID-19 virus

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus has developed rapidly since 2019, it has done so within limited genetic channels. These genetic limits have remained unchanged.