Premium‘Omicron sub-variant Ba2 has been reported in five countries, that is Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal as well as South Africa’, WHO scientist Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi said. We are very concerned, she added
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The Ba2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organisation scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the development.
"Ba2 ... has been reported in five countries, that is Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal as well as South Africa," Dr Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi told an online media briefing.
"We are very concerned," she said. (Reporting by Estelle Shirbon and James Macharia Chege; editing by Jason Neely)
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