'Immune-evading' BA.5 subvariant now accounts for 65% of U.S. COVID cases

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'Immune-evading' BA.5 subvariant now accounts for 65% of U.S. COVID cases

Dylan Stableford and Andrew Romano

Tue, July 12, 2022 at 10:56 AM·6 min read

 

 

Top U.S. health officials warned Tuesday that a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 has arrived, but stressed that the country has the tools — like vaccines and antiviral treatments — to prevent people from getting seriously ill.

 

“We know how to manage it,” Dr. Ashish Jha, coordinator of the White House’s COVID-19 response, said at a virtual press briefing. “We can prevent serious illness. We can save lives and we can minimize disruptions caused by COVID-19.”

 

https://news.yahoo.com/omicron-ba5-subvariant-immune-evading-covid-155640198.html