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A new COVID-19 variant, Eris or EG.5.1, has raised alarms for the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA), where it has led to an increase in cases – every one in seven new COVID-19 cases in the UK is affected by Eris.
Eris was first identified as a strain of Omicron on 3 July this year. The UKHSA has said: “Declaring this lineage as a variant will allow further detailed characterisation and analysis.”