EG.5 COVID-19 variant in Ontario: Your questions answered.
show EG.5 was first “raised as a signal in monitoring…due to increasing reports internationally, particularly in Asia” on July 3 and declared a variant on July 31 due to “continued growth internationally.”
“We're going to keep a close eye on this, but there’s nothing to suggest that this has any particular properties that are worrying. It's just continued evolution of the virus, not unexpected,” Razak said.in the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario appears to show that while viral activity is still very low, aside from an increase in March and April, it has been trending upwards over the last month.
“All of this is as expected. And we may be also feeling a little bit of the acceleration of that effect, because of the unusually warm weather and high levels of air pollution which have made people be more indoors than they otherwise would be this time of year,” he said.Based on what happened in previous years of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will likely be a rise in cases as the cooler weather approaches.
“So really an exciting time for scientific development and to give people a sense that we are progressively putting on more and more protections in place. You just have to go in and get what's available.”Much like the advice public health officials have issued since the start of the pandemic, masking, staying home if sick, and good ventilation and air quality in indoor spaces remain the best defence against COVID-19.
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