Variant Ba 286 News Today

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Whats experts saying? >> reporter: covid cases are slightly on the rise though not at a troubling rate but authorities warn of the new variant ba.286. so far its only been reported in a dozen cases worldwide. a handful of those infections, though, have been here in the u.s. ba.286 is a subvariant of omicron that is more capable of causing infection even if you previously had covid or have been vaccinated. while thats troubling it doesnt appear the new variant makes people sicker than before. thi...