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Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut has surpassed 10,000 deaths...

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Omicron sub-variant BA.2 more contagious, 39% of infected likely to infect others: Study - Worldwide, 98% of cases of Omicrons basic variant BA.1 have been found, but the BA.2 sub-variant rapidly infected people in Denmark.

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut has surpassed 10,000 deaths...

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut has surpassed 10,000 deaths...

Omicron subvariant ba.2, a descendant of the omicron variant, is likely already in Massachusetts, Boston doctors say.

BA.2 is being identified as a subvariant since it is genetically not very different from Omicron for scientists to see it as an entirely new and proper variant.

The omicron subvariant, known as BA.2 and which is even more contagious than the original omicron strain, known as BA.1, has spread to nearly half of U.S. states, including California, Texas and Washington, but is currently circulating at a low level, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

Cases of the highly-contagious omicron variant continue to decrease in South Florida after reaching a peak last month.

The first case of the BA.2 omicron subvariant, often called “stealth omicron,” has been detected in Illinois. Here’s what we know so far.