The BA.2 Omicron subvariant doesn’t appear to cause more severe illness than the original strain, a new South African study showed Wednesday. Those who tested positive for the new subvariant suffered similar rates of hospitalizations as those infected with the original Omicron strain, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ study. The study, obtained by Bloomberg, examined data from 95,470 cases recorded within a large hospital system and the government’s laboratory service.
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