The EG.5 variant of COVID-19 continues to be the most prevalent of the three variants of interest (VOIs) being monitored by the World Health Organization.
The EG.5 variant of COVID-19 continues to be the most prevalent of the three variants of interest being monitored by the World Health Organization, accounting for 33.6% of sequences submitted to a central database in the week through Sept. 10, up from 25.9% four weeks earlier.
The update came as the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.As has been the case for months now, the agency warned that with countries greatly scaling back testing and sequencing, “it is harder to estimate the severity impact of SARSCoV-2 variants with mutations that potentially confer higher transmissibility.
The WHO recently moved to a four-week schedule for its updates, transitioning away from a weekly one as it transitions its surveillance of the disease to long-term prevention, control and management, and away from an emergency response.
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