Thu 14 Apr 2022 22.26 EDT
Last modified on Fri 15 Apr 2022 01.41 EDT
Caitlin Cassidy
Health authorities are urging caution after the emergence of a hybrid Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Australia.
The recombinant variant, known as XE, is a combination of BA.2 – “stealth Omicron” – and BA.1 – the original and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.
The first confirmed caseof XE in Australia was detected in an overseas traveller who tested positive to the subvariant on 9 April after touching down in New South Wales. ...
Last modified on Fri 15 Apr 2022 01.41 EDT
Caitlin Cassidy
Health authorities are urging caution after the emergence of a hybrid Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Australia.
The recombinant variant, known as XE, is a combination of BA.2 – “stealth Omicron” – and BA.1 – the original and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.
The first confirmed caseof XE in Australia was detected in an overseas traveller who tested positive to the subvariant on 9 April after touching down in New South Wales. ...