A new COVID-19 variant has emerged, serving as a reminder that the coronavirus continues to mutate and spread around the world, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that EG.5 accounted for roughly 17.3 per cent — or one in six — of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.
Similar story. I was in the ER today and most staff weren’t wearing masks, despite another patient just a few curtains down testing positive for Covid!
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Similar story. I was in the ER today and most staff weren’t wearing masks, despite another patient just a few curtains down testing positive for Covid!
That’s the reason I don’t enter a hospital without my fit-tested N99.