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BA.2 variant of Omicron coronavirus no more severe than original strain BA.1: WHO

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Omicron coronavirus strain is not more severe than the original, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Based on a sample of people from various countries, "we are not seeing a difference in severity of BA.1 compared to BA.2," Maria Van Kerkhove, a senior WHO official, said in an online question and answer session. "So this is a similar level of severity as it relates to risk of hospitalisation.

And this is really important, because in many countries they've had a substantial amount of circulation, both of BA.1 and BA.2," she said.

Van Kerkhove, who leads the technical side of the WHO's Covid-19 response team, was reporting the findings of a committee of experts tracking the evolution of the virus.

Their conclusions will come as a relief to countries such as Denmark, where the BA.2 variant of Omicron has circulated widely.

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