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Omicron subvariant has 2 new symptoms – Everything you need to know about BA.2

Mar 4, 2022

The threat of the new variant of Omicron is looming large even as the world is slowly moving towards normalcy with Covid-19 cases going down. The pandemic seems to be far from over with the SARs-COV-2 virus having tremendous evolving…
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Is Omicron subvariant BA.2 disarming key antibody treatment? What we know so far

Feb 24, 2022

While US health regulators added a new antibody drug to the country’s arsenal against the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the rapidly spreading subvariant, BA.2, could force doctors to rethink antibody treatments for coronavirus disease…
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Omicron: As BA.2 gains ground, experts explain if there is a need to worry

Feb 5, 2022

A new sub-strain of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which has been spreading rapidly across the globe, has emerged as the latest challenge in taming Covid-19. The BA.2 sub-strain has been detected in at least 57 countries, according…
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UK designates Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 as ‘variant under investigation’

Jan 21, 2022

The UK health authorities on Friday said they will be conducting further analysis into a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 after designating it a variant under investigation (VUI). The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which…
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