The omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the most common strain in Washington state, the Washington State Department of Health announced on Wednesday FOX13
is now the most common strain in Washington state, the Washington State Department of Health announced on Wednesday
As of last week the BA.2 strain accounts for 51% of the state’s cases and the CDC is reporting that the strain accounts for 55% nationally. "Think about this as another phase of the pandemic," said Shah. "Things are absolutely better. We want to continue to see that but don’t let off the guard completely and say, ‘We are done, we are out of this and we’re moving forward,’ because that is when people may get into trouble."One in four new COVID-19 cases sequenced at UW Medicine’s virology lab is from the omicron BA.2 subvariant.
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