The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth advantage over other ...

KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers for Disease Control and ...

While KP.3.1.1. remains the predominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, the XEC variant has taken the No. 2 spot — and is on the rise. XEC has mutations that make it highly contagious ...

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 ...

The latest variant to make headlines is called XEC. This omicron subvariant has been reported predominantly in the northern hemisphere, but it has now been detected in Australia too. So what do we ...

As the United States gears up for cold and flu season, there's another new COVID-19 strain to be on the look out for: XEC. The XEC variant has become the second-most prevalent strain in the ...

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 ...

A new COVID-19 variant called XEC is spreading around the world, as numerous countries deal with another flu season. The strain, which is a combination of Omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, is ...

The new COVID variant XEC has been found by UK health experts as they prepare for winter, when cases tend to increase. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has highlighted a slight increase in ...

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.

26 and Oct. 7. Following the data from Rio de Janeiro, additional XEC lineage genomes from São Paulo, based on samples collected in August, and from Santa Catarina, from two samples taken in ...