UK: According to health officials, the scientific name of the Eris variant is EG.5.1 and it originated from Omicron. It was first detected in the UK in June. Since then new cases are coming to the fore every day. On 31 July it was classified as a new variant.
The UK Health Protection Agency (UKHSA) reported that EG.5.1 is causing one in every seven new COVID cases. Due to increasing cases in Asia, its cases have also increased in Britain. However, the UKHSA did not say in how many countries in Asia new cases of ARIS have been reported.
People are safe because of the vaccine, but be alert: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) started monitoring the EG.5.1 variant two weeks ago.
WHO chief Tedros Adnom Ghebius said – People are quite safe because of the vaccine, but no country should reduce its fight and vigilance against Corona.
Of the 4,396 samples reported through the UKHSA’s Respiratory Data Mart system, 5.4 percent were found to be infected with the coronavirus. At the same time, only 3.7 percent of the 4,403 samples that came last time were found infected with corona.
At the same time, the rate of hospitalization has also increased. The latest data shows that 1.97% of Covid patients were hospitalized per one lakh population. The rate was 1.17% in the last UKHSA report.
Dr. Mary Ramsay from the UKHSA said – We have seen an increase in COVID-19 cases this week. Most of the infected people are elderly. We are closely monitoring everything.