What are the symptoms for new ‘more contagious’ Covid XEC variant?

The caller ‘stronger’ Covid XEC strain is spreading crossed the world, and according to experts is ‘just getting started’.

The strain –  a operation of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants – was archetypal identified successful Germany successful June and has truthful acold been detected successful 13 countries crossed 3 continents.

Scientists judge it could go the ascendant variant during the colder months ahead.

Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California, told the LA Times XEC is ‘just getting started present astir the satellite and here’.

He added: ‘And that’s going to instrumentality galore weeks, a mates months, earlier it truly takes clasp and starts to origin a wave.

‘XEC is decidedly taking charge. That does look to beryllium the adjacent variant. But it’s months disconnected from getting into precocious levels.

How galore radical person contracted the XEC variant successful the UK?

The UK Health Security Agency hasn’t released information connected the XEC variant yet.

However, according to the latest figures, determination has been a 4.3% summation successful Covid cases successful the UK week connected week.

There were besides 102 Covid deaths successful England successful the week to August 30.

A full of 1,465 patients were admitted to hospitals with Covid successful the aforesaid week.

What are emblematic Covid XEC symptoms?

The symptoms associated with the XEC strain are akin to those associated with erstwhile Covid variants.

These see a fever, sore throat, cough, nonaccomplishment of consciousness of smell, nonaccomplishment of appetite,and assemblage aches.

As the strain is simply a sub-family of the aforesaid omicron lineage, experts accidental vaccines and booster shots presently offered should inactive support you against terrible illness.

Regional main of infectious diseases for Kaiser Permanente Southern California Dr Elizabeth Hudson said wellness experts volition proceed to show the variant successful the coming weeks.

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