Insight Covid news – live: Surge in UK cases blamed on ‘more infectious’ Omicron sub-variant Posted onMarch 21, 2022 Health secretary Sajid Javid says rising cases due to lifting of restrictions and more infectious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron 4078815
Insight Omicron sub-variant almost as infectious as measles, the most contagious disease on earth Posted onMarch 13, 2022 Professor Adrian Esterman, a former WHO epidemiologist, said the sub-variant is more transmissible than Omicron 2726829
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 24191001
Insight Two new cases of Omicron sub-variant confirmed in California Posted onJanuary 26, 2022 Omicron sub-variant BA.2 has been detected in 40 countries so far 8845248
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’ 4404963