Two new strains of COVID that appear to be more transmissible than even “stealth Omicron,” and that have the ability to evade antibodies from vaccination and prior infection, have arrived in the U.S.—and they could mean a new wave is coming. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is tracking two new subvariants of...

According to the latest WHO and CDC reports, the new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia. It is rapidly spreading in the United States and is more contagious than the original omicron and its variant BA.1, raising fears about another outbreak. The study...

According to recent reports, the new BA.2 COVID-19 variant (a subvariant of the omicron variant called BA.1.) spreads more easily than the original omicron. Early data suggest that BA.2 is about 30% more transmissible than the original variant. The new BA.2 variant can also manifest different symptoms than the original strains. New symptoms include: Dizziness Fatigue...

Yesterday the WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-Cov-2 Virus Evolution (ATG-VE) published a statement on new omicron variants that have been circulating globally, accounting for nearly all sequences reported to GISAID: “Based on available data of transmission, severity, reinfection, diagnostics, therapeutics and impacts of vaccines, the group reinforced that the BA.2 sublineage should continue to...