The World Health Organisation (WHO) is asking countries to monitor a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5 as it has now infected 51 countries. The new variant, which has been unofficially named ‘Eris’, is related to an Omicron subvariant called XBB.1.9.2, and is growing rapidly as countries including the UK, China and the US have … Continue reading WHO declares new Covid-19 strain of interest as cases rise globally