A newly discovered XE COVID-19 variant is considered to be highly transmissible and contains a combination of genetic material from the BA.1 and BA.2 variants of omicron.
The XE variant of COVID-19 is made up of genetic material from BA.1 — the initial omicron variant strain — and BA.2 — the subvariant of the omicron variant.that included preliminary findings about the XE variant.The XE variant was first discovered in the United Kingdom in mid-January. Since then, more than 600 cases of the variant have been reported.
“The XE recombinant was first detected in the United Kingdom on 19 January and >600 sequences have been reported and confirmed since,” . “Early-day estimates indicate a community growth rate advantage of ~10% as compared to BA.2, however this finding requires further confirmation.”There is not much known about whether vaccines work against this particular variant, but
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