Covid Eris Variant Infections Rise In UK, See About Covid Eris

Covid Eris Variant Infections Rise In UK, See About Covid Eris

Covid cases are back on the rise, with an estimated 200,000 hike in UK cases since July.

Experts say that a new strain of Omicron, dubbed Eris, is partly to blame for the recent surge – and is responsible for one in seven UK Covid cases.

Other reasons for the increase include the recent wet weather – which is bringing more people together indoors – plus waning immunity from the vaccines, and the Arcturus sub-variant, which also stemmed from Omicron.

Though, there has been a small drop in admissions to intensive care in the past two weeks.

According to the latest data from the UKHSA, 5.4% of UK samples were testing positive for Covid, compared to 3.7% two weeks earlier.

The news comes as scientists find the ‘most extreme’ and ‘most mutated’ Covid variant ever in a patient in Indonesia.

See top 10 symptoms of Covid Eris, according to the Zoe Health Study, likely to be similar to those commonly reported are sore throat, runny nose, blocked nose, sneezing, cough without phlegm, headache, cough with phlegm, hoarse voice, muscle aches and pains
an altered sense of smell.

The well known symptoms such as shortness of breath, loss of smell and a fever are now uncommon, according to the Zoe study.

Origin of Eris?
Eris reached the UK in early May, and The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now added it – known as EG.5.1 – to the list of variants under monitoring.

Reports of it increasingly being found internationally, particularly in Asia.

Globally, Eris accounts for around 20 per cent of Covid sequences in Asia, 10 per cent in Europe and seven per cent in North America.

Meanwhile, Japan has recently seen a massive increase in Covid cases.