CHAMPAIGN, Ill (WAND) - The new strain of Omicron, BA. 5, is considered the easiest transmitted strain so far. This past summer a wave of COVI…

(WAND) - A hybrid strain of COVID-19 that combines the delta and omicron variants - dubbed "deltacron" - has been confirmed globally. 

ILLINOIS (WAND) - Two cases of the 'stealth omicron' variant of COVID-19 have been identified in central Illinois. 

SPRINGFIELD Ill. (WAND) — Four cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported in Sangamon County.

(WAND) - Global health officials are keeping track of the "mu" COVID-19 variant and have labeled it a "variant of interest." 

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Macon County Health Department is urging the public to "stay vigilant" against COVID-19 as cases rise in the area. 

PEKIN, Ill. (WAND) - Reditus Laboratories in Pekin identified the Indian double mutant variant of COVID-19 in a sample collected in the Bloomi…

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A fourth COVID-19 variant has been confirmed in Macon County. 

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A third COVID-19 variant has been confirmed in Macon County. 

MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - Two COVID-19 variant strains have been detected in Macon County, health officials confirmed.