Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as ‘original’ -WHO

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(Reuters) – The emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant does not seem to be any more severe than the original BA.1 form, an official of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Vaccines also continue to provide similar protection against the different forms of Omicron, Dr. Boris Pavlin of the WHO’s COVID-19 Response Team told an online briefing. The comments come as the BA.2 subvariant begins to replace Omicron’s more common “original” BA.1 subvariant in countries such as Denmark. Based on data from Denmark, the first country where BA.2 overtook BA.1, there appears to be no…

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