Commentary: How is ‘variant of interest’ Eris different from other Omicron variants?
India first saw this variant back in May, but it has also seen only sporadic cases, and no major rise in overall infections. Like Australia, it is the XBB family of Omicron variant that continue to dominate in India, accounting for 90 to 92 per cent of infections. Given the ancestral variant for EG.5.1 is XBB 1.9, which was Australia’s dominant variant over winter, it’s also possible…