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Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland

What's the new Omicron XE variant and should I be worried?

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It seems every few weeks we hear about a new COVID variant, and it’s hard to know how concerned we ought to be.

A “recombinant” variant has emerged, dubbed “Omicron XE”, which is the result of two omicron strains merging together in a single host and then going on to infect others.

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