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COVID-19: Here's What To Know About New XEC Strain From Europe That's Arrived In US COVID-19: Here's What To Know About New XEC Strain From Europe That's Arrived In US
Covid-19: Here's What To Know About New XEC Strain From Europe That's Arrived In US 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. It is not causing more serious symptoms than other COVID strains, but it is causing concern. “The rate of infections from XEC they're seeing in some countries rose pretty quickly compared to previous variants in those same places," Dr. Scott Roberts, a Yale Medicine infectious diseases specialist said in YaleMedicine.…

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by Joe Lombardi