Here's the latest variant picture for Ireland.

While the EG.5.* "Eris" variant (35%) has been dominant since late July, it is now under challenge from the rapid rise in CH.1.1.* "Orthrus" (12%).
#COVID19 #Ireland #EG_5 #Eris #DV_7_1
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Here's the latest variant picture for Western Australia.

XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (35%) has rebounded to displace the "Deltacron" XBC.* variant (19%).

The new EG.5.* "Eris" variant (12%) is growing - it's growth advantage of 4% per day over XBB.1.16.* predicts a crossover in early August.

Sample volumes look representative up to July 28.

#COVID19 #WA #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBC #Deltacron #EG_5 #Eris @auscovid19

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for the UK.

The EG.5.* "Eris" variant (20%) is growing to challenge XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (38%).

The growth rate appears to have slowed a bit in recent weeks, but the advantage of 4% per day predicts a crossover in late August.

The sample volumes look representative up to July 27.

#COVID19 #UK #EG_5 #Eris

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for France.

The EG.5.* "Eris" variant (34%) appears to be dominant.

The sample volumes look representative up to July 31.

#COVID19 #France #EG_5 #Eris

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for Spain.

A resurgence from XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (26%) appears to have supressed the new EG.5.* "Eris" variant (19%).

Among the individual XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" sub-lineages, the new "FLip" lineage GK.2 lineage (12%) appears to be driving the recent growth.

GK is an alias for XBB.1.5.70.1. XBB.1.5.70 added the adjacent Spike L455F and F456L mutations, hence the "FLip" tag. GK.2 adds the Spike V511I mutation.

Yunlong Cao explained the advantage of this pair of mutations here:
https://twitter.com/yunlong_cao/status/1687879512237993986?s=20

The sample volumes look representative up to August 1.

#COVID19 #Spain #GK_2 #FLip #EG_5 #Eris

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for Germany.

The new EG.5.* "Eris" variant (24%) appears to be dominant.

The sample volumes are very low, patchy and lag by several weeks. Bavaria provided most of the recent samples.

#COVID19 #Germany #EG_5 #Eris

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for Argentina.

XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" seems to be dominant for now. The new EG.5.* "Eris" variant has been detected a couple of times.

The sample volumes are very low and a bit patchy - perhaps representative up to July 7.

#COVID19 #Argentina #XBB_1_5 #Kraken #EG_5 #Eris

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for the EG.5.* "Eris" variant, recently upgraded by the WHO from a "Variant Under Monitoring" to a "Variants Of Interest" .

The leading countries across Asia reporting EG.5.* are China (61%), Hong Kong (46%) and Taiwan (32%).

Sample volumes from many countries are now very thin and patchy, leading to some variations.

#COVID19 #EG_5 #Eris
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Here's the latest variant picture for Japan.

The new EG.5.* "Eris" variant (19%) has been rising steadily to challenge XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (24%) and XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (21%).

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 19.

#COVID19 #Japan #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #EG_5 #Eris
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Here's the latest variant picture for France.

The new EG.5.* "Eris" variant (34%) has been rising quite rapidly, and is now dominant over XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (22%), XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (14%), XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (14%) and XBB.2.3.* "Acrux" (13%).

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 17.

#COVID19 #France #EG_5

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for Ireland.

The new EG.5.* variant (58%) has been rising rapidly, bursting clear of the usual "XBB soup" lineages.

In 2023 it has been quite unusual to see a single variant achieve > 50%, in any country. Ireland is currently reporting EG.5.* at the highest frequency seen anywhere.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 29.

#COVID19 #Ireland #EG_5

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom.

The new EG.5.* variant (11%) has been rising steadily, to challenge XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (31%), XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (23%), XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (17%) and XBB.2.3.* "Acrux" (13%).

The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 11.

#COVID19 #UK #EG_5
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Here's the latest variant picture for South Korea.

The new EG.5.* variant (15%) has been rising steadily, to challenge XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (30%), XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (24%) and XBB.2.3.* "Acrux" (14%).

The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 9.

#COVID19 #SouthKorea #EG_5
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Here's the latest variant picture for Austria.

The new EG.5.* variant (20%) has been rising steadily, to challenge XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (20%), XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (20%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (14%).

The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.

The sample volumes seem representative up to June 28, although that lags some other European countries by a few weeks.

#COVID19 #Austria #Österreich #EG_5
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Here's the latest variant picture for Spain.

The new EG.5.* variant (19%) has been rising steadily, to challenge XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (26%), XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (20%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (14%).

CH.1.1.* "Orthrus" (13%) is also growing, mostly driven by the new DV.7 sub-lineage.

The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 12. While the volume of data is falling, it is still a lot higher than many other European countries.

#COVID19 #Spain #Espana #EG_5
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Here's the latest variant picture for the EG.5.* variant in Australia. There are signs of growth in Queensland (7%), NSW (7%) and SA (6%).

Note data sharing from some states and territories lags significantly - the dismal routine:
- Victoria - no report for 4 weeks
- Tasmania - no report since mid-May
- NT - only 6 random samples reported since April 2022

#COVID19 #Australia #EG_5 @auscovid19

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for Queensland, Australia.

"Deltacron" XBC.* (26%) is now the leading variant in a messy soup. The sample volumes are low so this picture is a bit unclear.

CH.1.1.* "Orthrus" (30%), XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (24%) and the new clan EG.5.* (7%) - broken out of the XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" variant - are all showing signs of growth.

I've broken out the sub-lineages for each of those growing variants. EG.5.1 looks the most aggressive, following it's success in China, Portugal, Japan etc.

The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 11.

#COVID19 #Australia #QLD #Brisbane #XBC #Deltacron #EG_5 @auscovid19

Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme

Here's the latest variant picture for new lineage EG.5 and it's descendants in Australia.

EG is an alias for XBB.1.9.2.1, from the "Hyperion" clan. Along with several prior generations of mutations, EG.5 added the Spike F456L mutation,.

EG.5 was the first lineage mentioned last month's edition of the Neher Lab's variant report:
https://github.com/neherlab/SARS-CoV-2_variant-reports/blob/main/reports/variant_report_latest_draft.md

Here's the frequency of EG.5 in the Australian states recently. There are only a few scattered samples up to early June, so perhaps this parent lineage has died out.

No nickname has been considered for this lineage yet, but FWIW I'm thinking of EG.5 as "Egg".

#COVID19 #EG_5 #EG_5_1 #EG_5_2
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