(NewsNation) — Another COVID-19 variant is on the rise this fall ... who cites XEC’s first reports to Berlin, Germany, in late June. According to Honey’s data, the strain is spreading rapidly in Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

The variant, which first appeared in Berlin in late June, has increasingly seen hundreds of cases in Germany, France, Denmark and Netherlands, according to a report by Australia-based data integration specialist Mike Honey.