A NEW Covid variant, named XE, is detected in the UK

A new version of the Covid variant has been detected in the United Kingdom.

The XE variant, as it has been titled, is a combination of the BA.1 Omicron strain - which caused massive global outbreaks in late 2021 - and the recently budding BA.2 'stealth' variant.

Variants like this are described at 'recombinant' by experts, as it is effectively a combination of two different types of viruses.

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