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Aug 10, 2023 · The EG.5 or Eris subvariant is now the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating in the United States. What to know about symptoms, transmission, and prevention.
Aug 30, 2023 · The most commonly-reported symptoms include: Fever or chills. Cough. Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Fatigue. Muscle or body aches. Headache. New loss of taste or...
Oct 5, 2023 · Does EG.5 cause symptoms that are different from other coronavirus subvariants? Not so far. Like other Omicron strains, EG.5 tends to infect the upper respiratory tract, causing a runny nose, sore throat, and other cold-like symptoms , as opposed to lower respiratory tract symptoms, Dr. Roberts explains.
Aug 16, 2023 · You can’t tell which variant you have just based on symptoms (that requires genomic sequencing, which isn’t a routine part of clinical care). But you can expect symptoms from EG.5 to look a lot like what we’ve come to know from other COVID-19 variants, including: Fever; Cough; Stuffy or runny nose; Sore throat; New loss of taste or smell
Aug 15, 2023 · There’s a new COVID-19 variant dominating infections in the U.S. EG.5 — or “Eris,” as it’s been nicknamed — was identified in China in February and detected in the U.S. in April, and now accounts...
Aug 14, 2023 · As with other SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5 most commonly causes fever, a cough, fatigue and a loss of taste or smell. It can also cause a sore throat, headache, aches...
Aug 10, 2023 · The symptoms reported in Eris infections are familiar signs of COVID, including fever, cough, fatigue, and headaches. In general, Omicron strains cause less severe disease because the virus...
