A new and more contagious XEC subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 may lead to massive increase in COVID-19 cases

• Aminath Waafira,
• Kannan Subbaram,
• Razana Faiz,
• Zeba Un Naher,
• Punya Laxmi Manandhar,
• Sheeza Ali

Affiliations

Aminath Waafira

School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives

Kannan Subbaram

Corresponding author. School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male’, Maldives.; School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives

Razana Faiz

School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives

Zeba Un Naher

School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives

Punya Laxmi Manandhar

School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives

Sheeza Ali

School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male, Maldives