It has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, scientists say.
People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists.
Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the XEC variant have since emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries,It has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, although vaccines should still help prevent severe cases, experts say.The vaccines have been updated to better match recent variants, although not XEC, which has emerged from earlier Omicron subvariants.
"And that's going to take many weeks, a couple months, before it really takes hold and starts to cause a wave," he told the LA Times."But it's months off from getting into high levels.
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