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Stealth Version OMICRON hard to track - Scientists
26th November 2021, World Health Organization declared B.1.1529 variant of Covid19 as a "Variant of Concern" and named it as "OMICRON".
The new variant detected and observed at South Africa and Botswana was predicted to be more deadly and with high transmission potentialities.
After detail genome sequencing of new variant OMICRON, scientists have found that the variant B.1.1529 which was reported from S. Africa has further split into new lineage "BA.2", which means OMICRON has a new type of its own.
In simple terms we can say that OMICRON can be divided into two types "BA.1" & "BA.2". BA.1 is original OMICRON, whereas BA.2 is having some new mutations and seperating some old mutations.
"BA" is an alias for B.1.1529 with new mutations type coming ahead.
Earlier, it was reported that OMICRON has high transmission potential than Covid19 delta variant and high mutations in spike protein.
After detail genome sequencing, it was found that OMICRON has 86 mutations of which more than 35 mutations were in spike protein.
Can OMICRON type 2 be detected?
The new type 2 of OMICRON "BA.2" cannot be identified by RT-PCR test.
In RT-PCR test the S gene of Covid19 virus is identified by the primers used. But in BA.2 type, the S gene is not available making it hard to identify through RT-PCR test.
In such cases, detail genome sequencing is required to know that a person is having which type of OMICRON (type 1 or type 2)
Transmission rate of new type 2
Presently very few samples are collected yet, so scientists have not yet confirmed about its increase in transmission rate or impact on humans.
We will regularly update you through this blog on updates of new type and all necessary details.
Do follow covid19 guidelines and be safe.
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