Scientists have warned that substrain BA.2 is ‘gaining ground’ A new Danish study has confirmed that the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron is much more infectious than the ‘original’ BA.1 lineage, which was itself transmissible enough to fuel a new wave of infections around the world. How much more transmissible is BA.2? The new research, conducted […]
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Omicron subvariant even more contagious
The Danish health minister said there’s no evidence that it is more virulent Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke suggested on Wednesday that the subvariant of Omicron present in Denmark, called BA.2, was even more contagious than the BA.1 strain, which currently accounts for 98% of all cases globally. “There is no evidence that the BA.2 […]