Are two omicron infections in quick succession possible?
Danish researchers find the answer
Created: 02/23/2022, 15:43
First infected with omicron BA.1 and shortly thereafter with the BA.2 subtype: Danish researchers have investigated how often this occurs.
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Can you get infected again with omicron in a short distance?
According to Danish researchers, this can happen.
One group in particular is at risk.
According to Danish findings, in rare cases it is possible to contract two different sub-variants of the omicron variant of the coronavirus one after the other.
An infection with the BA.2 subtype can occur shortly after an initial BA.1 infection, the Danish health institute SSI wrote in a study.
In general, however, it is assumed that this occurs relatively rarely and then especially in younger, unvaccinated people*.
According to the SSI, the scientists involved found
47 cases in which the same person became infected first with BA.1 and then with BA.2 over a period of 20 to 60 days
.
Most of them only experienced mild symptoms, none of them had to go to the hospital.
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Omicron subtype BA.2 also on the rise in Germany
In Denmark, the subtype BA.2 currently accounts for by far the largest proportion of new corona infections, according to the study this proportion is 88 percent.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), BA.2 has also increased noticeably in Germany
.
The RKI recently stated in its latest weekly report that the proportion of corona cases examined in a sample has recently risen to 14.9 percent.
This figure is for the week ending February 6th.
For the week before, the RKI gave the share as 10.4 percent.
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