Danish <x0) Omitron subdependent seems more contagious but no tougher

That's what Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunike said in an interview.

There is no evidence that BA.2 variant is heavier, but it has to be more contagious”, Heunike said at a press conference.

Globally, Omitron's original subdependent, BA.1, represents 98 percent of all cases with Omitron, but the subdependent BA.2, which took first place in the second week of January, writes Reuters. Supreme Authority for infectious diseases in Denmark, Institute “Statens Serrum” said Wednesday that, according to initial estimates, the BA.2 subdependent could be 1.5 times more contagious than the BA.1 subdependent of Omitron.

However, the institute's initial analysis showed no distinction as to the risk of hotspitalisation by the BA.2 subdependent compared to the subvarian BA.1.

There are some signs that it is more contagious, especially for those who are not vaccinated, but it can also affect people vaccinated to a higher degree”, said Tyra Grove Krause, technical director at the Institute of Infectious Diseases.

The Omitron subdependent is the newest version that has already spread in some parts of the world. The Omitron vaccine, officially known as the version B.1.1.529, has 3 main subdependents: BA.1, BA.2 and BA 3. According to the World Health Organization, more than 99% of the cases identified by December were BA.1. However, subdependent BA.2, which is exactly “Stealth Omitron” has recently begun to gain ground. According to researchers, “Stealth Omitron” or BA.2 has several common but also very different mutations compared with BA.1.

In fact, differences between BA.1 and BA.2 are greater than those between the original Omitron version and the Alpha version. This has caused concern in the scientific community, as such molecular differences can change the course of research on intelligence, infectiousness, the severity of the disease, or the efficiency of the vaccine.

Why is it called the “Stealth” and what's his connection to Delta?

Omitron 2 or “Stealth” is discovered by standard diagnostic tests, such as Omitron. However, “Stealth” does not have a mutation similar to Omitron, and this is seen as a sign to distinguish it from the Delta version. This results in a number of diagnostics attributed to Delta. Data suggests “Stealth” is more contagious than BA.1. Similarly in Denmark BA.2 represented 20% of all cases during the last weeks in 2021, from 45% in the second week of 2022. /abcnews. al