Omicron XE

GEORGE TOWN: A fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine - a second booster - might not be needed to guard against the new Omicron XE variant, says a virologist.

The spread was brought under control due to quick detection and it did not affect us," added Dr Kumitaa. As for the types of masks which give the best protection against the variant, she said that the XE variant is currently not designated as a variant-under-monitoring by the World Health Organisation, unlike XD (which is a hybrid of Delta and Omicron). "Despite this variant being first discovered in January, there does not seem to be many reports of it globally.

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On July 14, Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Delta variant, first detected in India, was the dominant variant in the country then, with cases hitting a peak of 22,642 cases on Aug 25. The country first saw a surge in cases, hospitalisations and deaths when the Delta variant hit the country last July. Prof Malina said there was no indication that the Omicron XE variant was causing severe infections like the Delta variant, but noted that the risk was high for those who have yet to be vaccinated, or had no previous infection.

It is what's known as a “recombinant,” meaning it contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 strain, which emerged in late 2021, and the ...

It has also been detected beyond the U.K. in Thailand. The British government on Friday pushed ahead with plans to cease two virus surveys and scale down a third. Hospitalizations, meanwhile, have risen more than 7% in the last week to over 16,500. Cases among children and younger adults, meanwhile, appear to be plateauing. So far there is not enough evidence to draw conclusions about transmissibility, severity or vaccine effectiveness," UKHSA's chief medical advisor, professor Susan Hopkins, said. The findings mark the 19th and final round of the study as Covid restrictions and surveillance systems are unwound in the U.K. and beyond. It comes as the U.K. faces a new surge in infections. The XE variant, as it is known, has so far been detected in 637 patients nationwide, according to the latest statistics from the U.K. Health Security Agency, which said there is currently not enough evidence to draw conclusions on its transmissibility or severity. XE contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 strain, which emerged in late 2021, and the newer "stealth" BA.2 variant, currently the U.K.'s dominant variant. LONDON — A new omicron subvariant has been detected in the U.K. as the country faces a renewed surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations. - It is what's known as a "recombinant," meaning it contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 strain, which emerged in late 2021, and the newer BA.2 variant, currently the U.K.'s dominant variant. - The XE variant has so far been detected in 637 patients, according to the latest statistics from the U.K. Health Security Agency.

India records first case of coronavirus variant XE in Mumbai.One case of the Kappa variant has also been detected, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ...

India on Wednesday reported its first case of Covid-19 variant XE in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today said that one patient was affected by the 'XE' variant while the other one was affected by the 'Kapa' variant of Covid-19. The novel strains from around the world are now cropping up in Asia. The first infection caused by the XE variant in Thailand was detected recently, while in February a different recombinant variant was found in two people who arrived in Hong Kong from Europe. One case of the Kappa variant has also been detected, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said

Coronavirus XE Variant Mumbai Explained: Suspected to have infected a patient in Mumbai, it is a sub-variant of Omicron. So far, there is no indication that ...

And the XE variant might not be that candidate, considering what is currently known about it. As of now, it is not very different from the Omicron variant. Reinfection from the same variant is not unknown, but not very common either. As such, the XE variant is not being considered different from Omicron. Travel restrictions have been mostly done away with, and international air travel is back to almost where it was in the pre-pandemic period. What has been noticed is that XE could be about 10 per cent more transmissible than the dominant BA.2 variant. Almost immediately, however, Union Health Ministry sources in New Delhi clarified that the identification of the XE variant in that particular patient was yet to be confirmed. “Given the current high level of transmission worldwide, it is likely that further variants, including recombinants, will continue to emerge. In fact, variants that contain the characteristic mutations of Delta and Omicron have also been identified. The random process of genetic mutations in viruses and other organisms keeps happening continuously. Variants that contain mutations characteristics of two or more known variants occur all the time. XE, a sub-variant of Omicron, which caused the third wave of Covid-19 this winter, had not been found in India until now.

Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist Malina Osman said even when Malaysia's borders were closed, the Omicron variant only took a month or two to ...

Malaysian Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Apr. 5 that no cases of Omicron XE have been detected in Malaysia, and was not a concern yet for the country, according to Malay Mail. According to CNBC, the Omicron XE variant has been detected in 637 patients in the UK. The new subvariant was termed a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO), who said that it is possibly more transmissible than previous Omicron subvariants.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The recently detected Omicron sub-variant dubbed 'XE' is a combination of the BA.1 and BA.2 ...

Dr Mohd Isham assured the public that the sub-variant has not been detected in the Sultanate and that the Ministry of Health (MoH) is still monitoring through genomic sequencing surveillance. The Omicron XE sub-variant is currently spreading in the United Kingdom (UK) and was detected in Thailand recently. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The recently detected Omicron sub-variant dubbed ‘XE’ is a combination of the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants, with a slightly faster rate of transmission compared to the BA.2 sub-variant, said Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar during the daily press conference on April 6.

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“However, whilst this is good news, I’d like to see the order of the symptoms changed, as the NHS list puts far too much emphasis on symptoms like fever, and anosmia, which we know are much less common since the Omicron variant emerged. This strain was a combination of Omicron and Delta but it was quickly overwhelmed by the Omicron variant, so it failed to make a substantial impact on case numbers. Now a further variant has been found which is a mutation of both the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 strains, and is referred to as a “recombinant”. XE is not the first recombinant Covid strain to arise in recent months, with the Deltacron variant recently being detected in the UK and the US. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSCA) is studying the XE variant, which is a mutation of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains. A new sub-variant of the Omicron Covid mutation has been detected in the UK as the country faces a fresh surge in infections.

iStock According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the first strain of this mutant variant was detected in the United Kingdom on January 19 and so far more ...

So while there is a hope that it may be mild, as Omicron or more so, there is also need to take adequate precautions. The best protection against this variant or for that matter any variant is to be vaccinated against coronavirus. For the uninitiated, XE is a mutant strain of the Omicron variant and as you may already know from watching superheroes films, mutants are seldom good news. So while there is a hope that it may be mild, as Omicron or more so, there is also need to take adequate precautions. Though the first detection ofXE Omicroncase in Mumbai is yet to be confirmed, many are obviously curious to know about this new variant, its transmissibility and its symptoms. The best protection against this variant or for that matter any variant is to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

A new sub-variant of Omicron has been found in UK as the country battles a renewed surge of the coronavirus. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The UKHSCA has said that as of 22 March, 637 cases of XE had been detected in England. A new sub-variant of Omicron has been found in UK as the country battles a renewed surge of the coronavirus. XE is a mutation of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 strains - which is referred to as a “recombinant”. 637 cases of the new variant have been detected in England What is Omicron XE? Symptoms of the new Covid variant as hundreds of cases found in UK

According to public health experts, recombinant variants are a common feature of viruses like the novel coronavirus. While they crop up quite frequently, they ...

But Omicron XE is not the only recombinant variant that has been detected so far, with recombinant variants such as "Deltacron" - a combination of the Omicron and Delta variants - preceding it. XE is not the only BA.1-BA.2 recombinant variant as well, with a total of 11 such variants that are a mix of their parent viruses, such as XR, XJ and XM. Recombinant versions of the coronavirus occur when a single cell is simultaneously infected with two related viruses, as seen in the Omicron XE variant, which is a combination of the BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants of the Omicron variant.

According to Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman, the current Omicron variant arrived in Malaysia within a month or two ...

Subsequently, as cases fell, the country experienced another surge in cases at the beginning of January this year, which Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had warned that the Omicron variant wave had begun in the country. The country first saw a surge in cases, hospitalisations, as well as deaths when the Delta variant hit the country last July. Dr Malina said there was no indication that the Omicron XE variant was causing severe infections like the Delta variant, but noted that the risk was high for those who have yet to be vaccinated, or had no previous infection.

With a sixth wave of COVID-19 around the corner, Health Canada confirmed there are at least six cases of the XE recombinant of Omicron in the country.

Limited cases have also been reported in China and Thailand. The locations of the XE COVID-19 infections, or how infections happened, were not disclosed. COVID-19 XE is a recombination of Omicron’s BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants. “As of April 6, 2022, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is aware of six detections of the XE recombinant lineage of Omicron in Canada,” a PHAC spokesperson wrote in an email.