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WHO sounds the alarm: New COVID variant is most transmissible yet

Thursday, January 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization is warning that a new omicron subvariant known as XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible strain to date.As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in some parts of the Northeast -- where the subvariant makes up about 75% of new cases,... Read More.

COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant

Friday, April 8 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States.Data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health shows 1,088 new cases of the virus were recorded Thursday with a seven-day rolling average... Read More.

New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed

Monday, April 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet.The variant, known as XE, is a combination of the original BA.1 omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2. This type of... Read More.

Omicron subvariant BA.2 now the dominant variant in the US, estimates show

Tuesday, March 29 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- The highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the United States, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.As of March 26, BA.2 is projected to account for nearly 55% of... Read More.

COVID cases predicted to rise in coming weeks because of new BA.2 variant

Thursday, March 17 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Experts fear that COVID-19 cases in the United States will rise in the next few weeks as the new BA.2 variant continues to spread.Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows BA.2, which is a subvariant of omicron, has been... Read More.

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WHO sounds the alarm: New COVID variant is most transmissible yet

COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant

New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed

Omicron subvariant BA.2 now the dominant variant in the US, estimates show

COVID cases predicted to rise in coming weeks because of new BA.2 variant

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