What is Stealth Omicron? What to know about new Omicron BA.2 variant
Scotland's rise in Covid cases is largely down to Stealth Omicron also known as the BA.2 sub-variant. But what is it?
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Scotland's rise in Covid cases is largely down to Stealth Omicron also known as the BA.2 sub-variant. But what is it?
Scotland's rise in Covid cases is largely down to Stealth Omicron also known as the BA.2 sub-variant. But what is it?
Professor Adrian Esterman, an epidemiologist from the University of South Australia, also estimated BA.2 was 40 per cent more infectious than the original Omicron.
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