NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it is tracking two new omicron sub-variants. The agency has added BA.4 and BA.5 descendent lineages to its tracking list. SHANGHAI RESIDENTS RECORDED SCREAMING FROM APARTMENTS
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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 potential for a
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! BA.2, the omicron sub-variant, now accounts for nearly 35% of all COVID-19 variants in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency’s data shows BA.1.1 makes up 57.3%.
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The subvariant omicron BA.2 has health officials’ attention, just as COVID restrictions have eased up. It has been classified as a “variant of concern,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The BA.2 omicron COVID-19 sub-variant is spreading in New York City. According to New York State health department data, BA.2 is doubling in proportion statewide every two weeks and represents about one in 10 sequenced
Japanese research has looked more at this variant and its severity, researching infected hamsters. The findings from the researchers at the University of Tokyo suggest that Omicron BA.2 could cause more severe disease. In the hamster models, the now dominant subvariant was
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Quinton Fivelman, chief scientific officer at the London Medical Laboratory, a pathology testing firm, said the country has a “little way to go” before Mr Johnson can declare his strategy a success. He said: “Boris Johnson is fond
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that experts have not yet seen studies suggesting omicron sub-variant BA.2 will evade COVID-19 vaccine protection any more so than the original omicron strain has already. “In terms of early studies, we have not seen
The new sub-strain of Omicron has also appeared in the UK. The BA.2 strain seems to have mutations that could alter its behaviour. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shared this stealth variant may spread even faster than the original Omicron. The
The rise in the number of BA.2 cases is yet another point on the Government’s long COVID-19 to do list. During the winter, England took a different approach to Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Other than implementing Plan B restrictions, England kept