New COVID variant EG.5.1 ‘#Eris’ found in 36 countries, including Israel!
WHO has just added EG.5.1 as yet another severe acute respiratory Covid2 variant on its variant under monitoring list.
The strain has become more prevalent in the UK as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise, British health officials said on Thursday. On social media, virologists have nicknamed the variant “Eris.”
According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), monitoring of the EG.5.1 variant began in early July due to increasing reports of the variant internationally, especially in Asia.
The variant was first detected in March
An update from the UKHSA on Wednesday showed that cases of the EG.5.1 and XBB.1.16 (also known as Arcturus) variants were rising.
In the week beginning July 10, 11.8% of genetically sequenced cases of the novel coronavirus were found to be EG.5.1. As of July 20, that percentage had increased to 14.55% of all cases.
A relative of the variant, EG.5, was marked as a variant for monitoring by the World Health Organization in July.
According to the WHO, that variant was first detected in February.
According to Meaghan Kall, an epidemiologist at the UKHSA, EG.5.1 accounts for 20% of sequenced cases in Asia, 10% of sequenced cases in Europe and 7% of sequenced cases in North America.
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