{"id":8571,"date":"2023-08-11T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:21:19","slug":"cosa-sa-eris-tutto-sulla-variante-del-covid-19-in-rapida-diffusione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/cosa-sa-eris-tutto-sulla-variante-del-covid-19-in-rapida-diffusione\/","title":{"rendered":"Cos&#039;\u00e8 Eris? Sapere tutto sulla variante COVID-19 a rapida diffusione"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Una nuova variante del COVID-19, formalmente nota come EG.5 ma soprannominata Eris, si sta diffondendo rapidamente in molte parti del mondo. Sebbene il rischio per la salute pubblica sia stimato basso, mercoled\u00ec l\u2019Organizzazione mondiale della sanit\u00e0 ha avvertito tutte le nazioni di monitorare i casi, classificandoli come una \u201cvariante di interesse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSulla base delle prove disponibili, il rischio per la salute pubblica posto dall\u2019EG.5 \u00e8 valutato basso a livello globale\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/09082023eg.5_ire_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2aa2daee_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ha detto l\u2019OMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDobbiamo garantire che il sequenziamento continui. Il virus si sta evolvendo. Il virus circola in tutti i paesi e l&#039;EG.5 \u00e8 una delle ultime varianti di interesse che stiamo classificando. Ci\u00f2 continuer\u00e0, ed \u00e8 ci\u00f2 per cui dobbiamo prepararci&quot;, ha affermato Maria Van Kerkhove dell&#039;OMS <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2023-08-10\/explainer-what-to-know-about-eg-5-the-new-covid-19-variant-nicknamed-eris\" target=\"_blank\">disse<\/a> in una conferenza stampa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cos&#039;\u00e8 l&#039;EG.5 o Eris?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EG.5 \u00e8 una sottovariante della variante Omicron e ha superato i ceppi Omicron XBB esistenti. Da quando l\u2019Eris \u00e8 stata rilevata per la prima volta a febbraio, sono stati segnalati casi in 51 paesi. Secondo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/health\/health-conditions\/a44775091\/eris-eg-5-new-covid-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\">stime<\/a>, si prevede che 17,3% dei casi di COVID-19 negli Stati Uniti siano causati da EG.5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sintomi della nuova variante<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I sintomi dell&#039;EG.5 non sono molto diversi dalle altre varianti e non possono essere identificati clinicamente.<\/p>\n<p>I sintomi includono:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Febbre e brividi<\/li>\n<li>Fatica<\/li>\n<li>Tosse<\/li>\n<li>Mal di gola<\/li>\n<li>Cambiamenti nell&#039;olfatto e nel gusto<\/li>\n<li>Mal di testa<\/li>\n<li>Nausea o vomito<\/li>\n<li>Diarrea<\/li>\n<li>Respirazione difficoltosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prevenzione<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come per tutte le varianti del COVID-19, la vaccinazione rimane la modalit\u00e0 di prevenzione pi\u00f9 consigliata. Sebbene non esista un vaccino specifico per questa variante, gli esperti ritengono che tutti i vaccini COVID-19 attualmente disponibili possano ridurre la gravit\u00e0 della malattia.<\/p>\n<p>Anche l\u2019adozione di misure precauzionali come il lavaggio regolare delle mani e lo stare lontano dalle persone infette contribuir\u00e0 a ridurre l\u2019epidemia <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/why-do-some-people-never-get-covid-symptoms-study-says-gene-mutation-makes-them-super-dodgers-470530\">trasmissione<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gravit\u00e0 della malattia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gli esperti ritengono che la variante possa essere altamente infettiva, anche se non \u00e8 noto che causi un&#039;infezione pi\u00f9 grave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentre l\u2019EG.5 ha mostrato una maggiore prevalenza, un vantaggio di crescita e propriet\u00e0 di fuga immunitaria, fino ad oggi non sono stati segnalati cambiamenti nella gravit\u00e0 della malattia\u201d, ha affermato l\u2019OMS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbabilmente causer\u00e0 un\u2019ondata di ulteriori casi e tutti i problemi che ci\u00f2 comporta \u2013 [come] pi\u00f9 ricoveri ospedalieri e Covid lungo \u2013 ma [non c\u2019\u00e8] alcun motivo al momento di pensare [che sar\u00e0] peggiore delle ondate precedenti quest\u2019anno. &quot;, Christina Pagel, professoressa di ricerca operativa presso l&#039;University College di Londra, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/09\/who-declares-eris-covid-strain-a-variant-of-interest-as-uk-cases-rise#:~:text=The%20variant%2C%20known%20as%20EG,not%20pose%20a%20particular%20threat.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ha detto al Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pubblicato da Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/what-eris-know-all-about-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant-470648\">Fonte quotidiana medica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Una nuova variante del COVID-19, formalmente nota come EG.5 ma soprannominata Eris, si sta diffondendo rapidamente in molte parti del mondo. Sebbene il rischio per la salute pubblica sia stimato basso, mercoled\u00ec l\u2019Organizzazione mondiale della sanit\u00e0 ha avvertito tutte le nazioni di monitorare i casi, classificandoli come una \u201cvariante di interesse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSulla base delle prove disponibili, il rischio per la salute pubblica posto dall\u2019EG.5 \u00e8 valutato basso a livello globale\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/09082023eg.5_ire_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2aa2daee_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ha detto l\u2019OMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDobbiamo garantire che il sequenziamento continui. Il virus si sta evolvendo. Il virus circola in tutti i paesi e l&#039;EG.5 \u00e8 una delle ultime varianti di interesse che stiamo classificando. Ci\u00f2 continuer\u00e0, ed \u00e8 ci\u00f2 per cui dobbiamo prepararci&quot;, ha affermato Maria Van Kerkhove dell&#039;OMS <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2023-08-10\/explainer-what-to-know-about-eg-5-the-new-covid-19-variant-nicknamed-eris\" target=\"_blank\">disse<\/a> in una conferenza stampa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cos&#039;\u00e8 l&#039;EG.5 o Eris?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EG.5 \u00e8 una sottovariante della variante Omicron e ha superato i ceppi Omicron XBB esistenti. Da quando l\u2019Eris \u00e8 stata rilevata per la prima volta a febbraio, sono stati segnalati casi in 51 paesi. Secondo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/health\/health-conditions\/a44775091\/eris-eg-5-new-covid-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\">stime<\/a>, si prevede che 17,3% dei casi di COVID-19 negli Stati Uniti siano causati da EG.5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sintomi della nuova variante<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I sintomi dell&#039;EG.5 non sono molto diversi dalle altre varianti e non possono essere identificati clinicamente.<\/p>\n<p>I sintomi includono:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Febbre e brividi<\/li>\n<li>Fatica<\/li>\n<li>Tosse<\/li>\n<li>Mal di gola<\/li>\n<li>Cambiamenti nell&#039;olfatto e nel gusto<\/li>\n<li>Mal di testa<\/li>\n<li>Nausea o vomito<\/li>\n<li>Diarrea<\/li>\n<li>Respirazione difficoltosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prevenzione<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come per tutte le varianti del COVID-19, la vaccinazione rimane la modalit\u00e0 di prevenzione pi\u00f9 consigliata. Sebbene non esista un vaccino specifico per questa variante, gli esperti ritengono che tutti i vaccini COVID-19 attualmente disponibili possano ridurre la gravit\u00e0 della malattia.<\/p>\n<p>Anche l\u2019adozione di misure precauzionali come il lavaggio regolare delle mani e lo stare lontano dalle persone infette contribuir\u00e0 a ridurre l\u2019epidemia <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/why-do-some-people-never-get-covid-symptoms-study-says-gene-mutation-makes-them-super-dodgers-470530\">trasmissione<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gravit\u00e0 della malattia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gli esperti ritengono che la variante possa essere altamente infettiva, anche se non \u00e8 noto che causi un&#039;infezione pi\u00f9 grave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentre l\u2019EG.5 ha mostrato una maggiore prevalenza, un vantaggio di crescita e propriet\u00e0 di fuga immunitaria, fino ad oggi non sono stati segnalati cambiamenti nella gravit\u00e0 della malattia\u201d, ha affermato l\u2019OMS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbabilmente causer\u00e0 un\u2019ondata di ulteriori casi e tutti i problemi che ci\u00f2 comporta \u2013 [come] pi\u00f9 ricoveri ospedalieri e Covid lungo \u2013 ma [non c\u2019\u00e8] alcun motivo al momento di pensare [che sar\u00e0] peggiore delle ondate precedenti quest\u2019anno. &quot;, Christina Pagel, professoressa di ricerca operativa presso l&#039;University College di Londra, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/09\/who-declares-eris-covid-strain-a-variant-of-interest-as-uk-cases-rise#:~:text=The%20variant%2C%20known%20as%20EG,not%20pose%20a%20particular%20threat.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ha detto al Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pubblicato da Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is Eris? Know All About The Fast-Spreading COVID-19 Variant - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/cosa-sa-eris-tutto-sulla-variante-del-covid-19-in-rapida-diffusione\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Is Eris? Know All About The Fast-Spreading COVID-19 Variant - Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new COVID-19 variant, formally known as EG.5 but nicknamed Eris, is spreading rapidly in many parts of the world. Although the public health risk is estimated to be low, the World Health Organization on Wednesday warned all nations to monitor the cases, while classifying it as a &quot;variant of interest.&quot;&quot;Based on the available evidence, the public health risk posed by EG.5 is evaluated as low at the global level,&quot; the WHO said.&quot;We need to ensure that sequencing continues. The virus is evolving. The virus is circulating in every country, and EG.5 is one of the latest variants of interest that we&#039;re classifying. This will continue, and this is what we have to prepare for,&quot; WHO&#039;s Maria Van Kerkhove said in a press conference.What is EG.5 or Eris?EG.5 is a subvariant of Omicron variant and has overtaken the existing Omicron XBB strains. Ever since Eris was first detected in February, cases have been reported in 51 countries. According to estimates, 17.3% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are expected to be caused by EG.5.Symptoms of the new variantSymptoms of EG.5 are not very different from the other variants and it cannot be clinically identified.The symptoms include:Fever and chillsFatigueCoughSore throatChange in smell and tasteHeadacheNausea or vomitingDiarrheaDifficulty breathingPreventionAs with all variants of COVID-19, vaccination remains the most recommended way for prevention. 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The virus is evolving. The virus is circulating in every country, and EG.5 is one of the latest variants of interest that we're classifying. This will continue, and this is what we have to prepare for,\" WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said in a press conference.What is EG.5 or Eris?EG.5 is a subvariant of Omicron variant and has overtaken the existing Omicron XBB strains. Ever since Eris was first detected in February, cases have been reported in 51 countries. According to estimates, 17.3% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are expected to be caused by EG.5.Symptoms of the new variantSymptoms of EG.5 are not very different from the other variants and it cannot be clinically identified.The symptoms include:Fever and chillsFatigueCoughSore throatChange in smell and tasteHeadacheNausea or vomitingDiarrheaDifficulty breathingPreventionAs with all variants of COVID-19, vaccination remains the most recommended way for prevention. Although there is no specific vaccine for the variant, experts believe all COVID-19 vaccines currently available can reduce the severity of the disease.Adopting precautionary steps like regular handwashing and staying away from infected people also will help reduce the transmission.Disease severityExperts believe the variant may be highly infectious although it's not known to cause a more severe infection.\"While EG.5 has shown increased prevalence, growth advantage, and immune escape properties, there have been no reported changes in disease severity to date,\" the WHO said.\"It will probably cause a wave of more cases and all the problems that bring \u2013 [such as] more hospitalizations and Long Covid\u2013 but [there is] no reason at the moment to think [that will be] worse than previous waves this year,\" Christina Pagel, a professor of operational research at University College London, told Guardian.Published by Medicaldaily.com","og_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/cosa-sa-eris-tutto-sulla-variante-del-covid-19-in-rapida-diffusione\/","og_site_name":"Urban Care Clinic","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbancarezanzibar","article_published_time":"2023-08-11T08:21:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Urban Care Clinic","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Scritto da":"Urban Care Clinic","Tempo di lettura stimato":"2 minuti"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/what-is-eris-know-all-about-the-fast-spreading-covid-19-variant\/"},"author":{"name":"Urban Care Clinic","@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/#\/schema\/person\/f286c4d84be896d302aceda3ed7e789c"},"headline":"What Is Eris? 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