Insight BA.2: What we know about the ‘stealth Omicron’ variant in the US Posted onMarch 25, 2022 BA.2 subvariant accounts for nearly 35 per cent of confirmed infections in US 9174191
Insight BA.2: A more contagious version of the Omicron variant has been spreading in US Posted onFebruary 22, 2022 New surge or long tail? Scientists weigh impact ‘stealth’ strain of Omicron could have in the US 5330859
Insight Covid news – live: Israel finds hundreds of BA.2 cases as study finds symptoms emerge in just two days Posted onFebruary 3, 2022 The four sub-variants of Omicron collectively account for 93 per cent of all Covid specimens collected in the past month, says WHO 3301147
Insight Covid news – live: Omicron sub-variant BA.2 spreads faster, experts say as latest UK hotspots revealed Posted onJanuary 29, 2022 Latest figures reveal a week-on-week rise in Covid case rates across 60 per cent of UK local areas 8936749
Insight BA.2 variant: Everything we know about the new ‘stealth Omicron’ Covid strain Posted onJanuary 26, 2022 It’s harder to detect than original Omicron and may be even faster at spreading but, say scientists, is probably no more dangerous 435335
Insight Covid news – live: End of self-isolation would be ‘premature’, says WHO as BA.2 variant ‘under investigation’ Posted onJanuary 24, 2022 Government needs ‘clear reason’ to drop safety measure 5687215
Insight Covid news – live: End of self-isolation would be ‘premature’, says WHO, as BA.2 variant ‘under investigation’ Posted onJanuary 23, 2022 Government needs ‘clear reason’ to drop safety measure 10922947
Insight ‘Stealth Omicron’: Everything we know about new ‘under investigation’ Covid-19 strain BA.2 Posted onJanuary 22, 2022 It’s harder to detect than original Omicron and may be even faster at spreading but, say scientists, is probably no more dangerous 4174693
Insight Covid news – live: New BA.2 variant ‘under investigation’, as cases nearly hit 500,000 a day after Christmas Posted onJanuary 22, 2022 Cases of Omicron sub-variant have tripled in England 6030374
Insight BA.2: More than 400 cases of new Omicron sub-variant found in England Posted onJanuary 21, 2022 So far, 426 infections have been confirmed – but Omicron BA.2 has not been designated a ‘variant of concern’ 3522989
Insight Omicron sub variant BA.2 ‘under investigation’ by UK health officials Posted onJanuary 21, 2022 Further analysis to be carried out into BA.2, says UK Health Security Agency 6897542