Eris is now causing around 17 per cent of new Covid-19 cases in the US. A mutation present in Eris has been found in 35 per cent of all Covid-19 infections across the globe
Furthermore, an offshoot of EG.5 with another mutation, termed EG.5.1, is spreading quickly in the US and England, where it is now responsible for 15 per cent of new Covid-19 cases.“Based on the available evidence, the public health risk posed by EG.5 is evaluated as low at the global level,” said the WHO.
While Eris has greater transmissibility than previous variants, the symptoms it causes do not appear to be more severe than other Omicron variants. “We don’t detect a change in severity of EG.5 compared to other sublineages of Omicron that have been in circulation since late 2021,” said Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19.
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