Omicron BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1, it will not cause another surge, a COVID task force clarified and added that those who have been infected by BA.1 might not be infected by stealth Omicron.

This comes at a time when recent lab studies indicated that the recently identified subvariant could cause as severe infections as the Delta and other variants.

BA.2 is a sub-lineage of Omicron. It's not a new virus or strain. It's a sub-lineage and will be more transmissible than BA.1 but will not cause another surge, explained Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID Task Force, as quoted by news agency ANI.

BA. 2 is not capable of infecting people who had BA.1, he added. On the same topic, World Health Organisation (WHO) had pointed out that in case there is another Omicron surge, then we will see more of BA.2 cases.

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