In short:

Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year.

The mutation is a "recombinant" variant that is a mix of two previous Omicron subvariants called KS 1.1 and KP 3.3.

What's next?

An infectious disease expert says the strain has the hallmarks of something that could lead to a "summer wave" of infections.

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[–] Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m so over having yo wear a mask everywhere… and not being able to take part in life activities. Everyone has moved on, except those who are vulnerable. And society doesn’t care about those people, unfortunately.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It blows my mind that when you think about it, those that are immunocompromised etc were probably at their safest when covid was at it's height...