“We don’t see a difference in terms of severity between BA.1 compared to BA.2 and so it’s a similar level of severity in terms of risk of hospitalizationMaria Van Kerkhove, who heads the fight once morest Covid-19 at WHO, said on social media on Tuesday, February 22nd.
As it began to spread around the world several weeks ago, the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron worried health authorities regarding its virulence and contagiousness. But an Advisory Committee of experts on the evolution of the virus which gives Covid-19 presented a study with reassuring results.
“As we see a drop in cases (of infections) in countries we do not see a recovery with BA.2“, added Maria Van Kerkhove. In early February, a preliminary Danish study – which had not yet been peer reviewed – had suggested that the BA.2 subvariant “may be more infectious than the original Omicron (BA .1),” the site reported. The Conversation. According to the study, people with a complete vaccination schedule are 2.5 times more likely to contract BA.2 than BA.1.
In addition, the WHO said on Tuesday thatthere was significant protection between BA.1 and BA.2. If a patient has been infected with BA.1 or BA.2, they are protected once morest the other sublineage for six to eight weeks.
