Almost 800 Omicron XE Covid cases found in UK as experts study variant

Almost 800 cases of the so-called ‘XE’ Covid variant have been discovered in the UK.

A report released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that a total of 763 cases of the mutant strain have been reported across the UK as of March 22.

XE is said to be a ‘recombinant’ of both the original Omicron strain and the so-called ‘stealth Omicron’, or BA.2.