COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 detected in Baguio City

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New Omicron sub-variant BA.12 detected in Patna

The Health Department of Bihar on Thursday detected a new variant of Omicron in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS). The new variant BA.12 is 10 times more dangerous than BA.2 which was detected during the third wave of coronavirus in the country. Prof Dr Namrata Kumari, the HOD of microbiology department of IGIMS, said: "Keeping in view the rising Covid cases, we had started genome sequencing of samples of Omicron variant of cor…

COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 detected in Baguio City

“The case then traveled to a university in Quezon City and then to Baguio City to conduct seminars. Nine days after her arrival in the country, she experienced mild symptoms such as headache and sore throat,” the Health department said in a statement. “She then tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 via Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) the next day. Upon detection of this confirmed COVID-19 case, the local epidemiology and survei…

Baguio ‘prepared’ after detection of first BA.2.12 subvariant

BAGUIO CITY – The local government here on Thursday said it is prepared in case another surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases occurs following the country's first reported case of the Omicron variant sub-lineage BA.2.12 in the city. Aileen Refuerzo, chief information officer...

New Omicron sub-variant detected in Patna

Prof Dr Namrata Kumari, the HOD of microbiology department of IGIMS, said: "Keeping in view the rising Covid cases, we had started genome sequencing of samples of Omicron variant of Corona. There were 13 samples tested and one of them had BA.12 strains. The remaining 12 samples have BA.2 strains."