1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnlaurenohttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnlaureno/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5ucWEP7tCK"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/new-uk-covid-variant-omicron-xe-most-transmissible-yet/">New UK Covid Variant ‘Omicron XE’ Most Transmissible Yet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/new-uk-covid-variant-omicron-xe-most-transmissible-yet/embed/#?secret=5ucWEP7tCK" width="600" height="338" title="“New UK Covid Variant ‘Omicron XE’ Most Transmissible Yet” — KFF Health News" data-secret="5ucWEP7tCK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Media outlets report on the rise in Britain of a new omicron subvariant dubbed XE, which is a hybrid of BA.1 and BA.2 and may be the most transmissible covid version found. Meanwhile, also in the U.K., the official list of covid symptoms has been expanded with nine new ones, including fatigue.