A New Covid Variant ‘Eris’ Spreading Rapidly Across UK
According to the latest reports, the new variant is more transmissible than the previous. It was responsible for a surge in Covid cases in several regions of the UK.
A new variant of Covid called Eris is arising, figures show in hospitalizations this summer. The new variant is a descendant of Omicron. It has a scientific name EG.5.1.
Eris was first classified as a UK variant on July 31. But is now responsible for 1 in 10 Covid cases. It is the second most common variant in the country. Even so, almost half of the infections belong to the Arcturus variant, according to the report.
Covid-19 Case Ratio.
In addition, figures show that 5.4% of the 4,396 respiratory specimens reported through the Respiratory DataMart System identified as COVID-19.The number of Covid cases in the UK ...