- Country: United Kingdom
What is XFG Covid strain? Symptoms to look out for as UK cases grow
More than half of the positive tests were found to be a variant of XFG
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- Country: United Kingdom
What is the XFG Covid variant? Cases on rise as hospitalisations up more than 400% in a month
More than half of the positive tests were found to be a variant of XFG
- Country: United Kingdom
Is Covid why everyone's getting sick? Cases of virus have doubled in a month and hospitalisations up five-fold - amid spread of new XFG variant
Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care. Figures show 950 admissions this August, which jumped to 4,939 in September.