First cases of new subvarians discovered in Italy, more contagious than Omitron

Omitron subdependent named BA.2 has already arrived in Italy. Authorities suggest that the new version is just as rapid in spreading, but it is not yet clear whether it is less aggressive.

Italian media, among other things, suggest that the new version BA.2, is not the <x0m> sister” of Omitron's only since until now tests have resulted and subvarians BA.1 and BA.3, as shown by the fundamentals of large data that preserve the SarsCoV2 virus sequences, such as NetStrain and Gisaid.

Meanwhile, experts have stressed the fact that BA.2 is unlikely to generate a new wave of spread, but only to wave the current wave or slow down the epidemic's curve.

Of the three versions of Omitron, BA.1 is the most common in the countries it arrived in, he soon put aside pre-existing variants and in those countries where Omitron replaced Delta and as of January 17th there was an estimated 95.8% privacy.

BA.2 was first reported in India and later in Philippi, Singapore and Japan, spreading to the next destination that is Europe where before Italy its presence was discovered in Denmark, and then in Great Britain and Germany. /abcnews. al