As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, a new variant known as the Covid XEC variant is starting to spread rapidly across Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. First identified in Germany in June,

XEC, a sublineage of the omicron variant, was first reported in Berlin, Germany, in June and is now spreading “quite rapidly” across Europe, North America and Asia, according to Covid data analyst Mike Honey. Slovenia had high rates of infection with this variant in August as over 10 per cent of Covid case samples from the country contained XEC.

Czechia's neighboring and nearby countries have all seen a spread of the new XEC Covid-19 strain, including Germany, Poland, and Slovenia.

Scientists have warned that a new COVID-19 variant could take dominance in time for winter and the flu season for many countries. The XEC COVID-19 variant is taking grip of European countries – with reports of a rapid spread currently being observed in the various nations.

XEC’s prevalence is lower in the US and Canada and reached a high of 5.96% in European cases on 19 August. Slovenia had high rates of infection with the variant in August with over 10 per cent of samples from the country containing XEC.

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against it

Experts are keeping a close eye on the spread of a new Coronavirus variant that is spreading in the US, Europe, and has also reached the UK. Data compiled by the Reach Data Unit shows what parts of the country are most affected by the new Covid -19 variant as well as other variants.

A new Covid variant, dubbed XEC, is spreading through Europe and could soon become the most dominant strain of the infection, scientists have warned.

The XEC variant, which was first discovered in Germany back in June, has now been found in 15 countries across three continents and is likely to spread across the globe