Eight cases of infection by the new coronavirus Omicron EG.5.1 variant, codenamed Aris, have been detected in Thailand. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently classified the variant as being “of interest”, which does not seem to pose more of a threat to the public than the other variants.

 

Dr. Wasun Chantratita, chief of the Centre for Medical Genomics at the Faculty of Medicines, Mahidol University, said, however, that the eight cases of Aris were detected in the past three months and the variant is capable of spreading about 1% faster than XBB.1.66, the current dominant variant.

 

He said that the public should be aware of the new variant, but there is no reason to panic, adding that the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea is, however, an indication that Thailand should be prepared, prompting the Centre for Medical Genomics to resume genome sequencing of coronavirus samples from patients.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/8-new-coronavirus-variant-infections-found-in-thailand-no-cause-for-alarm/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-08-11

 

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I know plenty of people who've had covid recently, myself included, not sure which version but it's definitely been doing the rounds over the last few months.

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Here we go..A and now + 8 new variant infection. 
Thanks God that Thai Centre for Medical Genomics is going to solve the  genome sequencing of COVID.