The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that EG.5 accounted for roughly 17.3 per cent — or one in six — of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.

  • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Yes. I work in a hospital and people tend not to bother anymore among the staff.