A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has put epidemiologists around the world on alert, and the World Health Organization is asking countries to sustain early warning, surveillance…
Read more New coronavirus variant has experts on alert and WHO is urging countries to step up COVID surveillanceThe World Health Organization has upgraded COVID-19 variant EG.5 to a variant of interest, or VOI, from a variant under monitoring, or VUM, as it continues to become…
Read more WHO names Eris a COVID variant of interest. Here’s what you need to know.A new variant of COVID-19 dubbed EG.5 has become dominant in the U.S., according to projections made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although a shortage…
Read more New ‘Eris’ COVID variant is dominant in the U.S., but a shortage of data is making it hard to track
