A new Covid variant, XEC, initially detected in Germany this summer, has been making its way across Europe and has now reached UK shores. Signs of XEC are consistent with typical Covid indicators: fever, muscle pain, coughing, and tiredness, but health specialists project this variant could become the leading strain in the UK within months.

A new highly transmissible COVID-19 strain that first appeared in Europe is now beginning to spread in the United States. Called XEC, the offshoot of the Omicron strain was initially identified in Germany early this past summer before quickly spreading throughout Europe.

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A new - and potentially more transmissible - variant of COVID could become dominant this winter, experts believe. Global cases of the XEC variant have been rising slowly since it was first identified in Germany in June.