Friday, 18 August 2023 New COVID variants, both sub-variants of the Omicron, are in the news currently for driving COVID cases after a short break. EG.5, which is nicknamed Eris, accounts for 17% of the total cases of COVID in the US; the variant is also spreading faster in the UK. Meanwhile, BA.2.86, dubbed as BA.X has been identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and put under variant under monitoring list.
A new Covid variant that is causing concern among scientists due to its large number of mutations has been detected in London. The World Health Organization (WHO) has turned its vigilant eye to the BA.2.86 covid variant which has been detected through genetic sequencing, although only a handful of...
England Ready to Launch , Vaccination Program , Amid New Variant.
England is getting ready to step up its autumn flu
and COVID-19 vaccine programs after identifying
the highly-mutated BA.2.86..
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Although COVID-19 is on the rise in New York City, the U.S., and elsewhere, the late-summer surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths seems more like an uptick than a wave, and the numbers remain..
Coronavirus has been changing and evolving ever since it was first discovered in the year 2019 and became a global concern in a matter of a few months. The original Covid strain soon turned into the..
Eris was classified as a Covid variant on July 31 after UKHSA recorded its prevalence in the country due to rising cases internationally, particularly in Asia. DNA
Eris (EG.5), a new COVID-19 strain, gains WHO's variant of interest status. Global prevalence increases, yet it's assessed as a low global risk. While more... IndiaTimes Also reported by •DNA