COVID Variants

New COVID Variant ‘HV.1’ Has Surprising Mutations

The new variant is on the rise in the United States has features of Eris and 2022’s delta variant. What’s the impact?
New COVID Variant ‘HV.1’ Has Surprising Mutations
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Yuhong Dong
Yuhong Dong
M.D., Ph.D.
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A new COVID-19 virus variant, dubbed HV.1, has overtaken EG.5 (Eris) as the leading variant diagnosed in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Oct. 28 report.

HV.1 has risen from 1.1 percent in early August to 25.2 percent of COVID cases. Meanwhile, EG.5 declined from 24.3 percent on Sept. 30 to its current share of 21.9 percent within one month.
Yuhong Dong
Yuhong Dong
M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Yuhong Dong, The Epoch Times’ senior medical columnist, is an award-winning senior medical scientific expert in infectious disease and neuroscience who is currently dedicated to researching solid modern scientific evidence of the profound connection between the mind, body, and spirit at the cellular, genetic, and systemic levels.
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