BA.2 Makes Majority of Cases in 10 Countries

The BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron variant, which has recently increased its rate of spread, showed its existence very quickly in a short time, according to a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO in its weekly report published today The BA.2 sub-variant has now become dominant in 10 countries. and explained that they accounted for the majority of cases.

According to the information shared by WHO in the report, 10 countries where the BA.2 variant became dominant as of 14 February; Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Denmark, Guam, India, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. The region where the BA.2 variant is most common is among Omicron cases. South East Asia region with 44.7% while the Americas region was the region with the lowest rate.

BA.2 also increased its rate in the world

WHO has also compiled global data for the BA.2 variant and reported that the BA.2 variant was released during the week of 7-13 February. The rate in Omicron cases increased to 21.09%. WHO announced that preliminary information on the variant indicates that BA.2 is more contagious than the BA.1 variant of Omicron. The severity of the variant was reported to be almost at the same level as the other Omicron variant.

Except for the BA.2 variant, the overall COVID-19 case increase rate decreased globally. COVID-19 case increase rate on February 7-13, 19% decrease compared to the previous week he saw. No change was observed in the death rate. Around the world in the last week 16 million new cases while, due to the virus Nearly 75,000 people lost their lives.