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Covid infections and hospitalisations are on the rise around the world and health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that originally emerged November of 2021. READ MORE
.COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that originally emerged November of 2021. WHAT IS THE NEW ERIS VARIANT?
The World Health Organization (WHO) classified EG.5, which has been nicknamed by some as "Eris", as a "variant of interest," indicating that it should be more closely watched than others because of mutations that might make it more cont ..
新冠病毒出現以來,就不斷發生變異,歐美,亞洲等地染疫與住院人數均上升,新變種變毒,暱稱為「艾里斯」（Eris）的新變異株「EG.5」,其屬於Omicron亞型變異株,最初於2021年11月被發現,目前在世界50多國都有其蹤跡。
但在美國,它是最常見,增長最快的變異株,17%病例均由其引起,與202306月的低點相比,住院數增長了40%,但與202201月的高峰相比仍低了90%以上。
世界衛生組織（WHO）將其歸類為「需留意變異株」（Variants of Interest, VOI）,突變可能使其變得更具傳染性,但目前未帶來更大威脅。包括輝瑞與莫德納等,均推出新疫苗,目標是Omicron另一個亞型變異株XBB.1.5，其與EG.5類似,只是EG.5的棘蛋白結構多了一個突變。..
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What to Know About the Eris Variant
— EG.5 variant gaining ground in the U.S. and U.K.
Theres yet another new variant on the block -- the so-called "Eris" variant -- but its still an Omicron subvariant and researchers say theres no reason to expect it to cause a surge of COVID-19.
For the 2-week period ending August 5, the CDC variant proportions tracker
projects that Eris, or EG.5, made up 17.3% of cases in the U.S., making it the most common variant for that time period.\
XBB.1.16 is a close second, projected to make up 15.6% of cases for that time period.
The prevalence of EG.5 more than doubled from a month ago, when it came in at 7.5% of samples for the 2 weeks ending July 8, according to CDC data.
EG.5 and its relatives EG.5.1 and EG.5.1.1 are also on the rise in the U.K., with an estimated prevalence of 14.55% as of July 20, according to the most recent report from the U.K. Health Security Agency.
It did, however, have the greatest weekly growth advantage rate of any variant, at 45.65%, according to that report.
The World Health Organization listed EG.5 as a "variant under monitoring" -- lower than its "variant of interest" category -- in mid-July, and traces the earliest documented samples to February 17 (WHO currently lists no "variants of concern").
WHO technical lead for COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove, PhD, said during a late July press briefing that EG.5 is an Omicron lineage -- specifically, it is a sublineage of XBB.1.9.2. Vaccines for this fall target XBB strains of the virus.
Covid Variants Eris is a new variant of the virus, first identified in the UK on July 31, 2023. Descendant of Omicron, Eris has been making headlines due to its rapid spread and connection to numerous illnesses and hospitalizations.
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