Iris, the new Corona mutant, what do we know about it?

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2023/09/11

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

ArabiaWeather - Several weeks ago, the World Health Organization announced the emergence of a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5, and it is called by the unofficial name “Eris”, so that it called on countries to monitor the spread of this variant that is spreading around the world.

On the other hand, the organization says that there is no evidence that this variant is more dangerous than other variants, meaning that the new variant does not pose a significant risk to public health.

 

 

 

EG.5 or IRIS mutant

The mutant is the name given to the genetic copies arising from changes that occur in the virus. Since the first appearance of the Corona virus, it has begun to mutate and change. According to the World Health Organization, the EG.5 mutant is another version of the Omicron mutant that first appeared in February. 2023

 

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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