NEW - UT Southwestern has confirmed the arrival of the BA.2 Omicron variant in North Texas through its genomic sequencing laboratory.
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The CDC said it is watching this new development closely, adding that while it is increased in other countries, it is not that common in the U.S. Currently there isn’t enough data to predict how this new version will affect cases.Since mid-November, more than three dozen countries have uploaded nearly 15,000 genetic sequences of BA.2 to GISAID, a global platform for sharing coronavirus data. As of Tuesday morning, 96 of those sequenced cases came from the U.S.
“Thus far, we haven’t seen it start to gain ground” in the U.S., Dr. Wesley Long, a pathologist at Houston Methodist in Texas t
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