“We don’t detect a change in severity of EG.5 compared to other sublineages of Omicron that have been in circulation since late 2021,” she said.
Ms Van Kerkhove said that the absence of data from many countries was hindering efforts to fight the virus. Meanwhile in the US, the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday the currently spreading variants such as EG.5 do not represent a major shift and updated vaccines in September will offer protection,
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