Dr Khan on how new ‘hybrid’ sub-variants of COVID form, and what benefits a third dose of the mRNA vaccine provides. This is thought to have been the case in the UK with the discovery of Omicron XE; a recombinant virus made up of the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants of Omicron. Update: Memory B cells persist after third COVID vaccine …
A threatening situation has begun to loom in the country as India reported the first case of a new variant of Covid-19 on Wednesday. As per the initial studies, the XE variant has a growth rate of 9.8% over that of BA.2, also known as the stealth variant because of its ability to evade detection. The WHO said in its …
