A new Covid variant is spreading rapidly and experts say the strain is 'just getting started'. The variant, known as XEC, was first detected in Germany and is now spreading across Europe. Health experts in the USA predict it will rapidly become the dominant strain. Dr Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California told the Los Angeles Times XEC 'is just getting started now around the world and here'. XEC is reported to have an advantage over previous strains

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