Scary statement on the Eris variant of Covid-19

In France, it was announced that the spread of Eris (EG.5.1), a sub-variant of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, across the country may be associated with the summer vacation season.

According to news from Radio French International (RFI), in the statement issued by the French Public Health Agency, it was reported that the increase in the number of Eris cases was observed in all regions, but the largest increase was in the regions popular vacation. .

Although an increase in the number of people hospitalized with suspected Covid-19 has been observed in France in recent days, the statement indicated that suspected Covid-19 cases increased by 25 percent in people aged 15 and 74 years compared to last week.

This rate was reported to increase by 34 percent in people over the age of 74 and by 56 percent in infants under two years of age.

Nouvelle Aquitaine was the region with the highest number of positive cases, with 789 of the PCR tests carried out between July 31 and August 6 positive.

It was announced that 730 test results were positive in Occitania, 689 in Ile-de-France, where the capital Paris is located, and 638 in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

It was reported that the gathering of people in holiday areas at festivals and other events to socialize may have triggered the spread of Eris, while it was noted that more than a third of new cases could be related to Eris, a sub-derivative of Eris. the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

ERIS IS EXPANDING

The WHO published a report on the Eris variant on August 9.

According to the report, there was a steady increase in the prevalence of Eris, which was previously a “variant under observation” and whose status was changed to “variant to watch”, and as of August 7, more than 7,000 samples from 51 countries. they were shared.

Based on available evidence, the public health risk posed by Eris was rated ‘globally low’, similar to the risk from other existing variants of Covid-19.
It was also pointed out that Eris, depending on its characteristics, could spread globally and cause an increase in cases. (AA)