The COVID-19 variant EG.5 has become the most dominant strain in the United States and is gaining prevalence in Canada
variant EG.5 has become the dominant strain in the United States and is making its way to Canada. The fast-spreading variant, first detected in February, has been behind upticks in the coronavirus across North America, and also has been detected in China, South Korea and Japan, among other countries.classified EG.5 as a “variant of interest,” but said it did not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than others: “Collectively, available evidence does not suggest that EG.
The agency also said that EG.5 has been detected 36 times in municipal wastewater between May 15 and July 21. , an increase from 5.2 per cent the previous week. The agency expected that number to increase to 30.5 per cent by August 5.an epidemiology professor at the University of Saskatchewan and co-lead of the public health and social policy impacts section of the Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network, said although we’re seeing upticks in positivity rates, it’s not yet known how dangerous the new subvariant could be.
released in July, COVID-19 has led to 52,750 deaths and 4.6 million reported cases in Canada since the beginning of the pandemic. The report found that marginalized communities were hit the hardest, along with individuals working and living in long-term care homes. The death rate in Canada’s LTC homes was, proportionally, the worst in the world.
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