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UK studies new COVID variant XE as mutation of OmicronThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is studying XE - a mutation of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains - and as of March 22, 637 XE cases h...
South Korea eases distancing amid slowing omicron spreadThe limit on private social gatherings will be raised from eight to 10 people starting Monday, while restaurants, bars and other indoor spa...
Omicron 'stealth' COVID variant BA.2 now dominant globallyScientists say a possible explanation for the recent rise in BA.2 could be that the global uptick happened at the same time that many count...
What is the new COVID-19 ‘stealth' variant BA.2. Will it cause another Covid wave?Some scientists have called BA.2 a “stealth” variant because, unlike the BA.1 variant, it lacks a particular genetic signature that disting...
What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?BA.2 is the latest subvariant of omicron, the dominant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. While the origin of BA.2 is sti...
COVID 4th wave incoming? All you need to know about Omicron BA.2 variantThe WHO has called the recent surge in cases 'tip of the iceberg'. The outbreak of the new variant, 'stealth' sub-variant of Omicron has ma...
All you need to know about the 'stealth' Omicron variantThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the recent surge in cases 'tip of the iceberg'. The outbreak of the new variant, 'stealth' s...
WHO: New COVID deaths fell 17% last week, but cases risingThe biggest increase in cases were seen in the Western Pacific and Africa, where infections rose by 29% and 12% respectively. Elsewhere, ca...
China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicronHundreds of cases were reported in other provinces and cities along China's east coast and inland as well. Beijing, which had six news case...
China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicronThe surge on the Chinese mainland is infecting people in cities ranging from Shenzhen to Qingdao on the coast, to Xingtai in the north and ...
As Omicron surge subsides, researchers on high alert for Covid BA.2 variant. What we know so farThe variant could potentially slow the current decline of Covid cases.
Omicron 'stealth variant' still at high level, UK study findsExperts behind the long-running Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) study in the UK warn that Omicron is keeping infec...
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 harder to identify, found in 5 African nations: WHOThe BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding sh...
BA.2 Covid variant is like Omicron's sister. Here's what we know about it so farWe're seeing cases of a sub-variant of Omicron, known as BA.2, emerge in Australia and more than 50 countries.
Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2Scientists are now tracking a rise in cases caused by a close cousin known as BA.2, which is starting to outcompete BA.1 in parts of Europe...
What's known about 'stealth' version of omicron?This version of the coronavirus, which scientists call BA.2, is widely considered stealthier than the original version of omicron because p...
Omicron variant to be detected in 20 minutes by molecular diagnosis testPOSTECH announced on the 10th that a research team led by Professor Lee Jung-wook of the Department of Chemical Engineering has developed m...