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Omicron subvariant makes up nearly one quarter
of new Covid cases in US
The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant now makes up nearly a quarter of new
Covid-19 infections in the US, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant now makes up
nearly a quarter of new Covid-19 infections in the US, according to
the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). This data is up from around 1 in 10 new cases
just a week prior, Xinhua news agency reported. The BA.2 variant
is spreading fast in the country, with infections nearly doubling
every week, according to CDC data. Early studies showed that
BA.2 may be up to 30 per cent more transmissible than the
original Omicron.