Called XEC, the strain is a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants. Figures from the UKHSA show that the admission rate for patients testing positive for all strains rose to 4.5 per 100,000 ...

That’s according to Health Canada, which projects COVID-19 XEC made up nearly 20 per cent of cases in this country by Oct. 13.

"CDC is monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. "XEC is the proposed name of a recombinant, or hybrid, of the closely related Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3. ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that the XEC strain of the disease is spreading in the UK, with cases increasing at a high rate. The new strain is the result of two variants combining ...

According to the CDC Data Tracker, there has been an uptick in reported cases involving the XEC variant. While the variant KP 3.1.1 continues to account for the majority of cases in both the US ...

The swift emergence of the new Covid variant XEC, which experts worry may outmanoeuvre current vaccines, has sparked concern as it gears up to become the dominant strain this winter. The variant ...

There has been a rise in Covid hospital cases and deaths amid concern over the XEC variant. Scientists are carrying out tests to find out more about the new variant. It comes as cases of ...

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Recent CDC data shows that KP.3.1.1 remains the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, accounting for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the XEC variant is not far behind. "CDC is ...

People are being warned of an unusual order of Covid symptoms, with the XEC variant now the fastest spreading and detected in multiple countries. In the UK, eligible people are being urged to get ...