The knock of the new variant XE of Corona

A new variant has created panic amidst the slowing pace of the Corona epidemic. The World Health Organization said that the name of the new variant of Corona is XE. Preliminary studies have indicated that the rate of infection of the XE variant is about 10 percent higher than that of the BA.2 variant. According to the WHO, three hybrid or recombinant strains of Covid have been detected so far, out of which the first - XD, the second - XF and the third - XE. The first and second variants are derived from the combination of Delta and Omicron.

A recent study by the British Health Security Agency in the UK has revealed that there are currently 3 hybrid COVID variants running. It has two different variants XD and XF born out of the combination of Delta and BA.1 while the third one is XE. Of these, the XD French Delta variant is the newest member of the X BA.1 lineage. It contains the spike protein of BA.1 and the genome of Delta. Currently it consists of more than 10 sequences.