In short:
Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year.
The mutation is a “recombinant” variant that is a mix of two previous Omicron subvariants called KS 1.1 and KP 3.3.
What’s next?
An infectious disease expert says the strain has the hallmarks of something that could lead to a “summer wave” of infections.
I’m so over having yo wear a mask everywhere… and not being able to take part in life activities. Everyone has moved on, except those who are vulnerable. And society doesn’t care about those people, unfortunately.
It blows my mind that when you think about it, those that are immunocompromised etc were probably at their safest when covid was at it’s height…