According to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), cases of Covid increased by 31.5 percent in England in just one week. In the seven days up to September 18, there were 2,213 recorded cases of Covid - an increase of 530 from the week prior.

The variant, which first appeared in Berlin in late June, has increasingly seen hundreds of cases in Germany, France, Denmark and Netherlands, according to a report by Australia-based data integration specialist Mike Honey.

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall surge, and are vaccines effective? Experts discuss

As cold and flu season approaches, the situation is becoming more complex with the recent emergence of the new COVID-19 variant, XEC. COVID-19 and knowledge of its exact properties have evolved quite a bit,

The NHS has issued a plea to the British public to help curb the spread of Covid as a new highly transmissible variant is predicted to become dominant. Experts have raised concerns that the XEC variant could lead to a surge in cases this winter.

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), shows cases of Covid increased by 31.5 percent in England in just one week. In the seven days leading up to September 1

The XEC variant has been dubbed the new dominant strain of Covid and has been detected in 27 countries across Europe, Asia, North America - and Great Britain.

The NHS has made an appeal to the British public to combat the spread of Covid as experts warn that a new highly transmissible variant is likely to become the predominant strain. The XEC variant, with its origins traceable to Germany,

Cases of the latest variant have been detected in the UK, prompting health officials to urge those eligible to get their autumn booster vaccine