COVID-19: Director-General of Health says new XE variant something to keep an eye on, warns stricter measures could be needed if it arrives in NZ - Newshub

Early evidence suggests XE is 10 percent more transmissible than the original Omicron variant.

"These viruses are constantly exchanging genetic material. So the XE variant seems to be maybe about 10 percent more infectious than this BA.2 variant that we have quite widely spread across the coun… [+1458 chars]

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