WHO: New Covid-19 XE In UK, More Contagious Than Omicron
April 2, 2022
11:04 pm
In its most recent report, the World Health Organisation says a new variation of Covid-19 has been discovered in the UK. According to the health body, the new mutant, called XE, may be more pathogenic than COVID-19 strains. The XE strain is a recombinant strain that is a mutation of BA’1 and BA.2.
During the infection of a patient by multiple strains of Covid-19, recombinant mutations develop. British experts reported in a paper published in the British Medical Journal that variants mix up their genetic material during replication. The World Health Organisation reported that XE may be 10 percent more …
