{"id":2743,"date":"2022-04-12T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T10:38:58","slug":"botswana-detects-new-covid-omicron-sub-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2743\/botswana-detects-new-covid-omicron-sub-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana detects new Covid Omicron sub-variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=Botswana\">Botswana<\/a> health ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The infected are currently being monitored to establish more information on the potential impact of the disease and its severity.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">The new sub-variant, designated as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 has already been detected in three other countries and on four people in Botswana.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">The four people were fully vaccinated and had been experiencing mild symptoms.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">So far, no conclusions have been made to establish whether this sub-variant is more transmittable than the known Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".vc6y4r5sfi.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-625531024f71af55b4617a1c.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">This happens as the World Health Organization announces it is tracking a few dozen cases of the two new sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain to assess whether they are more infectious or dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Botswana health ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The infected are currently being monitored to establish more information on the potential impact of the disease and its severity. 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