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Global Covid cases up 80% as new Omicron subvariant EG.5 rises

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 per cent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest". In its weekly update, the UN agency said that nations reported nearly 1.5 million new cases from July 10 to August 6, an 80 per cent increase compared to the previous 28 days. But there is no sign that EG.5 causes more severe Covid symptoms and it poses a "low" risk to global public health, the WHO said, comparing its threat to other recent Omicron subvariants. "Health authorities urgently need to reinstate a reliable Covid health monitoring system," he said, calling for wastewater to be analysed to detect virus trends.

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