After researchers in Denmark reported last week that the Omicron's BA.2 sub-variant might have a 1.5x greater adhesion capacity than the sub-variant that was responsible for the last Omicron wave (BA.1), UK authorities said over the weekend that according to preliminary information, the booster dose was effective against Both equally.
"The growth rate is significant," UK authorities said in a statement regarding the spread of the new Omicron sub-variant.
Also, the new sub-variant has already managed to reach nearly half of the U.S. states, with at least 127 verified cases of it as of Friday.
In Denmark, the sub-variant became dominant within a few weeks, and according to the researchers there, even if there is no indication that it is more dangerous, the differences between it and the original sub-variant are significant.
According to the head of the Danish body entrusted with monitoring the corona virus, the difference between BA.2 and BA.1 is the same as the difference between BA.1 and the alpha variant, because it has five special mutations in the part where the virus attaches to human cells and is valid. them.
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