The CDC says there is an ongoing population exposure to COVID-19 variants across the U.S. calling for continued mitigation efforts
AGN.News Team
September 17, 2024
ATLANTA (AGN.News) – The CDC says COVID cases are rising in some U.S. communities. As flu season nears, so does new COVID-19 variants.
A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S.
Scripps Research’s Outbreak.info page, last updated on Sept. 5, reported 95 XEC cases across 12 U.S. states and 15 different countries.
COVID-19 International Outbreaks
However, Australia based data integration specialist Mike Honey wrote on X Saturday that the new strain, which emerged in Berlin last June, has shown up in hundreds more patients across 27 countries in Europe, North America and Asia.
Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7%) of COVID-19 cases between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. However XEC and a variant known as MV.1 seem poised to become the next dominant strains, scientists say.
What is the XEC variant?
“At this juncture, the XEC variant appears to be the most likely one to get legs next,” Scripps Research Translational Institute Director Eric Topol wrote on X.
First appearing late June in Berlin, the XEC COVID-19 strain has spread across Europe, North America and Asia totaling around 550 samples.
The variant has been recorded in 27 countries including China, Ukraine, Norway and Poland.
At least 95 sequences in the XEC lineage have been identified between June 28 and August 20, including 25 in the U.S, according to Scripps Research’s Outbreak.info page last updated on Sept. 5.
What are the XEC symptoms?
The CDC has not confirmed whether there are any unique symptoms from the XEC variant. We reached out to CDC officials for comment. This is what we were informed of as far as symptoms were concerned.
The agency continues to outline the basic COVID-19 symptoms, which can appear between two to 14 days after exposure to the virus and can range from mild to severe.
People with COVID-19 have a wide range of symptoms ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness.
Keep in mind that symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.
Symptoms may start as mild, and some people will progress to more severe symptoms.
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