XEC is a new SARS-CoV-2 strain that emerged in Germany in June 2024 and rapidly spread throughout Europe. What makes XEC unique is that it is a recombinant strain, a hybrid of omicron subvariants KP.3 ...

The new Covid variant, XEC, has been taking hold across Britain in the past few weeks. If you want to avoid catching it – or a whole host of other winter nasties – it’s time to start implementing ...

People up and down the UK have complained of suffering with 'the worst cold ever' as they share their best tips on how to ...

According to an update on Covid figures released by Ireland's health authority, the most recent form, known as XEC, is ...

The new XEC variant is a recombinant of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 strains, and has been deemed to be more transmissible due to ...

The trial will be conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in partnership with Emergent BioSolutions.

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Ireland has reported a significant increase in cases of the new XEC Covid variant, now accounting for 20.6% of cases in ...

AN urgent warning has been issued over a new Covid-19 variant on the rise across Ireland – and there are a number of symptoms ...

A WINTER ‘quadruple-demic’ of nasty viruses is set to strike the UK in just weeks. RSV, a potentially lethal lung infection, ...

The newest Covid variant XEC now accounts for one in five infections amid signs that the spread of the virus is on the rise ...

"Our current surveillance shows that around 13% of sequenced COVID-19 cases are the 'XEC' lineage however current information ...