UM Todayinfectious diseases – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba virologist discusses EG.5, new COVID-19 strain https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-manitoba-virologist-discusses-eg-5-new-covid-19-strain/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-manitoba-virologist-discusses-eg-5-new-covid-19-strain/#respond Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:53:51 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=182074 The emerging COVID-19 variant, known as EG.5, has been detected in Manitoba and may eventually become the dominant strain.]]> The emerging COVID-19 variant, known as EG.5, has been detected in Manitoba and may eventually become the dominant strain.

Last week, the World Health Organization classified EG.5 as a variant of interest, but said it does not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than other variants.

According to virologist Jason Kindrachuk, this strain is an Omicron subvariant that doesn’t deviate much from what we’ve already seen.

 

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