The XEC variant, which was first detected in Germany, is now spreading across Europe
Health officials in Northern Ireland have released an update on Covid-19 outbreaks across the country amid news that a new variant is spreading rapidly.
Dr Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California told the Los Angeles Times XEC 'is just getting started now around the world and here'. Melbourne data expert Mike Honey has analysed the rapid spread of the strain and said it is 'a likely next challenger to the currently dominant variants'.
In its most recent epidemiological bulletin, the Public Health Agency reported that in the week ending September 8th, the number of new infection episodes detected through clinical and routine testing was 165, a decrease when compared to 181 in the previous week.
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