A new Covid variant dubbed Eris has emerged as hospital admissions spike amid bad weather and waning immunity this summer.
A descendant of Omicron, Eris, or EG.5.1, was first classified as a variant by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 9 August. It is now the second most prevalent variant in the UK and the most common varient in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
