Omicron 'stealth' COVID variant BA.2 now dominant globally - ETHealthWorld

3/29/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
by ET HealthWorld
by ET HealthWorld
BA.2 now represents nearly 86% of all sequenced cases, according to the World Health Organization. It is even more transmissible than its highly contagious Omicron siblings, BA.1 and BA.1.1, however the evidence so far suggests that it is no more likely to ca…
A sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of coronavirus known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia and raising concern over the po… [+2952 chars]
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