Covid hospitalisations have surged across Britain at an “alarming” rate as a new variant of the virus emerged, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. UKHSA figures showed the admission rate for patients testing positive for Covid XEC stood at 4.5 per 100,000 people in the week to October 6 – up from 3.7 a week earlier.

The new XEC variant of Covid-19 is spreading across the UK, while cases of respiratory syncytial virus or RSV are also on the rise as we head into flu season

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Health officials in Ireland have confirmed the spread of the new Covid variant XEC. The HSE advises anyone with symptoms to stay at home and avoid contact with others.

A new study from the University of Southern California has also found the order in which symptoms of the new XEC variant occurs. In a report, doctors say the order of symptoms for XEC is fever, cough, sore throat, muscle pain or headache, nausea or vomiting and diarrhoea

Health officials in Ireland have warned that a new variant of Covid-19 is on the rise. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have reported that a new strain, XEC, accounted for 7.1% of all officially recorded cases over the past five weeks.

The new Covid XEC variant is spreading across the UK, with symptoms that can be easily confused with flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - but doctors say there is a specific order to look out f

A new strain of Covid emerging in the UK is spreading as cases increase at a high rate, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. Called XEC, the strain is a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants.

Households are bracing themselves for a triple threat this winter as the new XEC variant of Covid-19 cases spike, flu jabs hit a low uptake, and RSV infections rise. These three illnesses share similar early symptoms,

Doctors have issued a warning that the new XEC variant of Covid-19 presents symptoms in a specific order, as Brits grapple with a triple-threat this winter. The rise in cases coincides with low flu jab uptake and an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections.