New XEC Covid Variant Spreading Fastly All You Need To Know About
New variant of the Covid virus called the XEC is spreading quickly in Europe.
XEC variant was firstly identified in Germany in June.
The strain is a combination of the omicron subvariants - KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.
XEC has some new mutations which is why it is important to take vaccines and booster shots.
So far, 500 samples from 27 countries, including Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Portugal and China, have been found to contain XEC.
The symptoms of the XEC variant are similar to those of previous Covid variants, including fever, sore throat, cough, loss of sense of smell, loss of appetite, and body aches.