A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant has arrived in Australia. What you need to know about XEC
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Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year. Here's what you need to know about XEC — the highly transmissible strain that has been reported in 29 countries.

In short:

Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year.

The mutation is a “recombinant” variant that is a mix of two previous Omicron subvariants called KS 1.1 and KP 3.3.

What’s next?

An infectious disease expert says the strain has the hallmarks of something that could lead to a “summer wave” of infections.

  • Mittens_meow
    82·
    8 days ago

    I’m so over having yo wear a mask everywhere… and not being able to take part in life activities. Everyone has moved on, except those who are vulnerable. And society doesn’t care about those people, unfortunately.

    • No1
      3·
      7 days ago

      It blows my mind that when you think about it, those that are immunocompromised etc were probably at their safest when covid was at it’s height…