WHO warns against new Covid strain ‘XE’

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Updated At : 11:41 AM Apr 03, 2022 IST

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The World Health Organisation has issued a warning against new mutant ‘XE’, a variant of Omicron, that may be more transmissible than any strain of Covid-19 seen before
It is a recombinant strain, meaning it is a mutant hybrid of the two previous versions of the Omicron variant — BA.1 and BA.2
The new variant is 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 subvariant, which is already the most contagious
It was first detected in the UK on January 19 and less than 600 sequences have been reported. IANS

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