COVID XEC Variant: Understanding Its Spread and Impact on Global Health
COVID XEC Variant: A Growing Concern
Health experts and scientists around the world are sharing thoughts on what they believe will be the next dominant COVID variant - XEC. Experts say it’s in the same family as the Omicron variant but appears to be getting more contagious as it spreads this summer.
What We Know About XEC
- XEC is the proposed name of a hybrid variant of the Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.
- A spokesperson with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the CDC is monitoring the emergence of variants in the U.S. population.
- Specific cases aren’t associated with specific variants, resulting in a lack of data on how many cases of the XEC strain have been recorded in the U.S.
Expert Insights
Last month, Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California, expressed concerns about the potential impact of the XEC variant on global health.
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