A new and highly transmissible Covid variant is set to boost case numbers in the UK by Thursday, with experts urging Brits to get their autumn vaccines ahead of time. The strain, named XEC, evolved from Omicron but is more transmissible than its predecessors - and is on its way to becoming the most dominant in the UK. Experts have since warned it could represent over half of the new Covid infections in the UK by Thursday. Australian data scientist Mike Honey said: "For the UK, XEC is showing a

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