XE is the New covid strain, and it was first noticed in the United Kingdom in mid of January 2022. The new covid variant has behaved like a silent intruder and has impacted India and many other nations. With the new Covid variant, many countries have closed down their borders and restricted movement. China has seen a massive surge in Covid-19 cases, with the government reporting 13,000 patients, the highest since the peak of the first wave in Wuhan. Shanghai has been forced into a lockdown, and the entire city of around 25 million people is now under movement restrictions. Around 1,125 cases of XE have been detected in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has witnessed a surge in Covid cases due to the highly transmissible XE variant. The neighbouring country of Northern Ireland has also started reporting a few issues of a new variant of the Omicron strain of Covid-19. Japan has also reported its first case of omicron XE. Looking at the growth in COVID-19 new strain, XE has started presenting itself in countries like the UK, Italy, China, Thailand, Israel, Cyprus, France, Greece and New Zealand. As per the EU Health Agency, several European countries like France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, and Austria have registered a rise in Covid -19 infection cases.