The name “FLiRT” is based on the technical names for the variants' spike protein mutations or the specific amino acid changes.
These two mutations together are making FLiRT a more powerful virus in that it maintains its ability to transmit, but also now evades some of the pre-existing immunity in the population.
These two mutations are at position 456 and position 346.
Each amino acid has its own letter abbreviation. FLiRT is F456L + R346T, or phenylalanine (F) to leucine (L) at position 456 and arginine (R) to threonine (T) at position 346.
FL+RT=FLiRT
Getting an idea of official figures is difficult because fewer people now test and register their cases. But the new "FLiRT" strains now account for over one in four cases in the USA, and have been detected here in Australia...
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