There is a new sub-variant of the omicron mutant variant that is
spreading rapidly at this point in time this sub-variant of the omicron is being
referred to as the ba2 and it's fast becoming the dominant strain of the virus in several countries the world is back to asking the same questions that we were asking just a few months ago how deadly is this new sub-variant of the omicron will it endanger the progress that has been made so far and will the vaccines even work again this new sub-mutant variant is our next poll gets you the details the omicron surge is slowing down infections are dropping globally restrictions are being removed. But there's a new cause for concern
ba2 a sub-variant of omicron it's spreading incredibly fast displacing its sibling in several countries in Denmark it's now the dominant variant triggering 50 000 new infections in just one-day reports say that ba2 also appears to be becoming a major omicron lineage in parts of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan,
China the Philippines, South Africa, Germany the united kingdom and
In the United States, the steady rise of this sub-variant indicates that it has a growth advantage over other circulating variants this has alarmed health authorities in several countries Germany says that the ba2 could endanger the progress it has made so far when would you be arts should the ba2 variant spread further in Germany then it would put our success in danger the fears are understandable but is ba2 really that dangerous scientists are split some studies say that ba2 may cause severe disease but the who disagrees says that this sub-variant is certainly more transmissible but there's no evidence to suggest that it's more lethal if we start to see an increase we could see some further infections of ba.2 after this big wave of b81 and I know a lot of people are concerned about this but this is something that we are looking at so ba.2 is certainly on the rise but this is also omicron we don't see any difference in terms of severity between va.2 compared to b8.1 omicron is not quote unquote mild what about vaccines will they work on this vari yes say more scientists they say vaccines appear to be just as effective against ba2 as they are against other forms of omicron so most of the assessments so far are reassuring but the problem is that countries are not doing enough to slow down the transmission of this subvariant it may not be as deadly it may not cause severe symptoms but it's still spreading and certainly mutating .
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