GEORGE TOWN: Current Covid-19 booster jabs are good enough to counter the highly transmissible Omicron XE variant, says a virologist.
Dr Kumitaa Theva Das from Universiti Sains Malaysia said the XE variant only accounts for a small fraction of cases (less than 1%), though it is over 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant.
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