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However, there are two reasons scientists are keeping a close eye on it. The first is that levels of the variant are higher in places where cases are higher. It is a warning sign, although it can ...
Aug 7, 2023 · A new COVID-19 strain EG.5.1 has appeared in the UK and is spreading quickly. A runny nose, sore throat, fatigue, and sneezing are signs of the Eris variant, which has descended from Omicron. It is currently the second-most common variation in the country and accounts for one in seven new cases. After a few months of calm, a new COVID-19 strain ...
Sep 1, 2023 · By December of that year, Omicron was causing daily case numbers in the U.S. to skyrocket to over a million. In 2022, it had spawned a number of subvariants. In 2023, a new Omicron strain called EG.5 (nicknamed “Eris”) is the dominant strain in the U.S., and experts are monitoring another new strain called BA.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”).
Aug 8, 2023 · A fast-spreading new subvariant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 — nicknamed “Eris” by health watchers but formally known as EG.5 — recently became the most prevalent strain in the ...
Nov 4, 2023 · Concern over variants, sometimes called strains, of the virus that causes COVID-19 is based on how the virus might change. A virus could get better at infecting people, spread faster or cause people to get sicker. As a virus infects a group of people, the virus copies itself. During this process the genetic code can randomly change in each copy ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Severe cases, meanwhile, are still characterized by shortness of breath, chest pain or pale, gray or blue skin, lips or nail beds — an indicator of a lack of oxygen. But on the whole, Covid ...
Sep 11, 2023 · One of the newest COVID-19 variants - called EG.5.1 or Eris - emerged in the UK over the summer. First classified as a variant by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 9th August 1, it is a descendent of the Omicron variant which first appeared in November 2021 and has had many sub-variants. Eris is now the second most common variant in the UK ...
