Omicron subvariant called BA.2 has been identified in New Brunswick, the province announced Friday.In a release, it said the Dr.
Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory in Moncton identified the variant in a sample from a person in Zone 1, the Moncton region.
BA.2 33% more infectious than ‘original’ Omicron COVID strain, study finds A Danish study suggests the BA.2 variant, which has taken over Denmark, is more transmissible and more able to infect vaccinated people than BA.1, the more common form of the Omicron variant.The World Health Organization says this new subvariant is more difficult to detect.
BA.2 subvariant harder to identify than original Omicron strain, WHO says “While the impact of all variants continues to be monitored, we know that vaccination – including a booster – in combination with public health and individual measures, is key to reducing the spread of COVID-19 and its variants,” said Dr.