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Omicron subvariant

Shanghai claims victory on Covid, US sees Omicron subvariant surge

Jun 2, 2022

China was one of the countries that contributed to an overall global Covid surge earlier this year. Months later, the country has now claimed victory on the virus in the financial hub of Shanghai and the capital city of Beijing. In North…
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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 subvariant found to be more detectable, not as severe: WHO

Feb 9, 2022

BA.2 variant, a descendant of the infamous Omicron variant has recently seen light of day and according to scientists around the world it is considered “more detectable” because of higher chances of transmission. WHO’s technical lead Maria…
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