Latest Symptoms of COVID-19 similar to the Common Cold

Latest symptoms of COVID-19: New strain presents like the common cold XEC, the latest strain of the coronavirus, is more transmissible than others, but its symptoms tend to be milder. Newsweek

Another year is drawing to a close, with another strain of the coronavirus making the rounds.

But this time, medical professionals say it might be harder to distinguish whether you have COVID-19, the flu or the common cold without taking a test.

The latest strain of the virus is XEC, which is a subvariant of the Omicron strain. It differs from other strains because it's a combination of two preexisting Omicron descendants, Dr. Scott Roberts, an infectious disease specialist at the Yale School of Medicine, said in October.

That means the XEC strain is more transmissible than many of its predecessors, but on the upside, the symptoms associated with it will likely be milder, Roberts said.

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