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BA.2 should also remain classified as Omicron, WHO’s Technical Advisory which was held yesterday.  SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19, and the expert group meets regularly to discuss available data on transmissibility and severity…

The Omicron BA.2 is spreading faster in countries like Denmark, the Philippines and South Africa. Preliminary research studies have shown that the BA.2 sub variant can overcome immunity from vaccination and can also dodge the immunity of…

By the end of 2021, the rise in Covid-19 cases was observed all over the world due to its new variant called Omicron. Although the Omicron variant cases of Covid-19 seem to have come under control, scientists have observed the emergence of…

The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe disease, a lab study suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings, recently posted on the preprint repository BioRxiv,…

Tata Medical and Diagnostics today said its OmiSure Covid-19 (RT-PCR) test has been upgraded to detect the Omicron (or BA.1) that has quickly become the dominant variant of the Covid-19 virus. In an…

A new Omicron subvariant called BA.2 has been identified in New Brunswick, the province announced Friday. In a release, it said the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory in Moncton identified the…

<!-- -->The subvariant, detected in at least 57 countries, appears to spread even more easily than the original.Two years into the pandemic, a mutated version of the omicron variant, known as BA.2, has become the latest challenge to…

<!-- -->BA.2 is worrying scientists as studies show that it appears to be more transmissible.The omicron coronavirus sub-variant known as BA.2 has been found across Africa and countries should sequence more coronavirus samples so the…

The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the development because samples of BA.2 may not be spotted as a form of…

Omicron is a 'highly divergent' variant which has reduced the protection of antibodies from both prior infection and vaccination, and increased transmissibility  Queensland:…