XEC variant of COVID-19 spreading throughout US. What you need to know
The CDC's Nowcast data tracker, which displays COVID-19 estimates and projections for two-week periods, reflected that the KP.3.1.1 variant accounted for 57.2% of positive infections, followed by XEC at 10.7% in the two weeks starting on Sept. 29 and ending on Oct. 12.
XEC variant 'might escape Covid vaccine defences'
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New COVID strain is circulating in the US, what to know about the XEC variant
New COVID strain XEC is a recombinant strain of two variants in the Omicron family: KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. The hybrid strain was first reported in Berlin in late June but has spread across Europe, North America and Asia, with Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark leading the charge.
A new COVID-19 variant is circulating. Here's what to know about the strain, symptoms
The CDC is "monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. This variant "is the proposed name of a recombinant, or hybrid, of the closely related Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3.3."
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Current Covid vaccines 'might not protect' against new XEC variant
Even previous versions of the vaccine built from XEC’s predecessors like omicron might not be as effective against the new mutation
Symptoms of new Covid-19 variant XEC as it’s detected in Ireland after sweeping ‘rapidly’ across Europe
NEW Covid-19 variant XEC has been detected in Ireland after sweeping "rapidly" across the globe. Ireland's Health Protection Surveillance Centre have reported that the new strain accounted for 7.1 per cent of all officially recorded cases over the past five weeks.
Covid deaths soar 25 per cent as XEC variant hits and NHS says isolate with symptoms
There are 2,622 patients in hospital in the latest figures with Covid, up six per cent with 68 Covid acute respiratory incidents reported. Positive test rates were highest in those aged 85 or more years, at a weekly average positivity rate of 23.7%, an increase from the previous week.
COVID-19 XEC variant is now circulating in the US. Here's what you should know about it.
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 Prevention (CDC) data shows.
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