There’s a new Covid variant in the air – here’s what you need to know

In many ways it seems like a distant nightmare. People have returned to the office, traffic is back to normal and seeing someone in a mask is more the exception than the norm.

But all this doesn’t mean Covid is a thing of the past. Just as experts warned, new variants continue to rear their heads as life goes on because that’s what viruses do – they mutate to survive.

Right now EG.5, or Eris as it’s been dubbed, is the one on the march and it’s causing nervous flutters around the globe.