New covid subvariants highly contagious, immune evasive, experts say - TribLIVE


7/12/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Julia Felton

A rapidly spreading covid variant is highly contagious and can cause breakthrough infections, but it’s not more severe or dangerous than prior strains, local experts say. The omicron subvariant — known as BA.5 — has “really taken off, …

A rapidly spreading covid variant is highly contagious and can cause breakthrough infections, but it’s not more severe or dangerous than prior strains, local experts say. The omicron subvariant — kn… [+4921 chars]

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