The Conversation

BA.2 is like Omicron’s sister. Here’s what we know about it so far

Cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron have escalated globally over the past two months, with many countries experiencing peaks higher than previous variants. Now we’re seeing cases of a sub-variant ...
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BA.2: What we know so far about the new Omicron sub-variant

Cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron have escalated globally over the past two months, with many countries experiencing peaks higher than previous variants. Now we are seeing cases of a sub-variant ...
National Geographic news

Here's what we know about the BA.2 Omicron subvariant driving a new COVID-19 wave

After a brief two-month plateau, COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States, propelled by the Omicron BA.2 subvariant and its more transmissible descendants. The uptick has experts worried, ...
New Scientist

What you need to know about the fast-spreading BA.2 omicron variant

It is basically another flavour of omicron that has been around right from the start. The term omicron is used to describe a whole family of variants that appeared suddenly in November 2021. Most ...