As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, a new variant known as the Covid XEC variant is starting to spread rapidly across Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. First identified in Germany in June,

Czechia's neighboring and nearby countries have all seen a spread of the new XEC Covid-19 strain, including Germany, Poland, and Slovenia.

The XEC COVID variant is in the U.S. A UT infectious disease specialist says there's likely no need to panic, as the strain is similar to existing ones.