'Stealth Omicron' In NJ: Is The State In For A New COVID Wave?
Patch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW JERSEY — An offshoot of the omicron variant known as "stealth omicron" has begun wreaking havoc...
Omicron BA.2 subvariant not detected in Michigan yet — but experts are concerned
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt's been called "stealth omicron" and though it has yet to be detected in Michigan, there's growing...
Stealth Omicron Becoming Dominant? Too Early To Say: IL Officials
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'Stealth Omicron' Subvariant Detected Across California
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Los Angeles Sees First Cases Of New “Stealth” Omicron Strain, BA.2, One Day After California Reports...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUPDATED, 3:02 PM: Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer confirmed today that the...
New 'stealth' omicron variant, BA.2, has arrived in the US, but don't panic, experts say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYes, a new variant of omicron is spreading on at least four continents. No, it shouldn't be a cause...
BA.2 variant: Everything we know about the new ‘stealth Omicron’ Covid strain
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Here's How Worried You Should Be About 'Stealth' Omicron
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What do we know about “stealth omicron" so far?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhat do we know about “stealth omicron" so far? It's an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant, but it doesn’t seem to cause more severe...
‘Stealth Omicron’ now makes up most global COVID cases
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 or “stealth Omicron” is now the dominant version of COVID-19...
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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantCOVID-19
The Omicron variant is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on 24 November 2021. On 26 November 2021, the WHO designated it as a variant of concern and named it "Omicron", the fifteenth letter in the Greek alphabet. wikipedia.org
- On 24 November 2021, the variant was first reported to the WHO from South Africa, based on samples that had been collected from 14 to 16 November.
- The Omicron variant likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and how easily Omicron spreads compared to Delta remains unknown. CDC expects that anyone with Omicron infection can spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don’t have symptoms.
- More data are needed to know if Omicron infections, and especially reinfections and breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated, cause more severe illness or death than infection with other variants.
- Current vaccines are expected to protect against severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths due to infection with the Omicron variant. However, breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated are likely to occur.
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