Becker's Healthcare September 17, 2024
An emerging COVID-19 strain, XEC, has been detected in 12 U.S. states and at least 15 countries, according to Scripps Research’s Outbreak.info.
The variant was first reported in late June, and as of Sept. 3, 95 sequences of the XEC lineage have been detected, according to Scripps.
Experts told USA Today they expect XEC and another variant, MV.1, to become dominant strains. Both are already in the U.S. but are not on the CDC’s COVID-19 variant proportions tracker as of Sept. 17.
The 12 states are Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
The CDC has not reported whether XEC and MV.1 are more severe than...
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