Covid variant XE

Context: As per the WHO (World Health Organisation), a Covid variant of mutation called XE has been recently found in the UK.
This variant is believed to be more transmissible than any other Covid strain so far.
XE is combination or recombinant of both sub-variants (BA.1 and BA.2) of Omicron.
Recombinant strains emerge when two variants infect the same host cell and swap parts of their genome.
According to WHO, the recombinant variant is believed to be 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.
The XE recombinant was first detected in the United Kingdom and more than 600 sequences have been reported and confirmed so far.

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