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

I caught covid at PAX last weekend, but I couldn't figure out how to report it. Even if the populace has stopped caring about covid, you'd think the government would still be putting in some effort.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Apparently they no longer want to know about it:

You're no longer required to report your positive rapid antigen test (RAT) in Victoria. Due to this, the reporting form has been deactivated.

from: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/covid-19/checklist-covid-19-cases

So it looks like the best you can do is this: https://info.flutracking.net/