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Keeping an eye on Kraken

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Thinking about Covid may have moved down on your to-do list.

But scientists are tracking a new variant of interest that is highly transmissible.

It’s being called "Kraken" and it’s the dominant strain in the Northeast. Dr. Pavitra Roychoudhury at UW Virology is hear to talk about the variant and what we might see in the Northwest.

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