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Peterborough Public Health says the first confirmed case of the new COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 was reported this week. Its risk index for COVID-19 is at moderate as cases climb.
What's 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 it's 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 that's troubling it doesn't appear the new variant makes people sicker than before. this comes as we get an updated booster rolling out next month. even if they're able to evade that,...