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

At the end of June this year, a new variant of COVID-19 labelled XEC, was detected for the first time in Germany and India. Its appearance in other countries is inevitable. The British "Independent" reported on Wednesday that XEC was detected in over 500 samples collected for testing.

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against it