A new variant of Covid-19 emerging around the world already accounts for almost one-fifth of cases in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) has warned.
Officially known as EG5, the strain accounted for 17.3 per cent of American cases as of 5 August, up from 7.5 per cent in the first week of July and surpassing a number of Omicron descendants like XBB.1.16 (15.6 per cent of cases), XBB.2.23 (11.2 per cent) and XBB.1.5 (10.3 per cent).
A social media thread by Professor T Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, […]
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