The World Health Organization has classified the EG.5 family of Omicron variants, including Eris, as ‘variants of interest’. What does that mean? And how does Eris differ to other Omicron variants?
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Instead of minimizing current or future waves of COVID-19, we need strategies to deal with new variants efficiently. Only then can we live with the virus in a healthy way.
Based on the little data we have so far, Omicron XE appears slightly more contagious than other COVID variants.
More than 1,000 cases of omicron XE have been detected in the UK so far. But we shouldn’t be seriously concerned at this stage.
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland
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Scientific Officer in Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
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Professor, Biology, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW