6 Apr 2022

Covid-19: What is the new XE variant?

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 6 April 2022

A new variant of Covid-19 is spreading overseas, and it could be just a flight away from our shores.

Omicron "XE", a hybrid of Omicron, is estimated to be 10 percent more transmissible than its predecessors.

University of Otago evolutionary virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan spoke to Corin Dann.