BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The growth of the omicron sub-variant BA.2 in Germany, which is probably even easier to transfer, has continued again. According to the latest available data, their share in a sample was around 38 percent in a sample the week before last, down from around 25 percent the week before. This is what the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) writes in its Corona weekly report on Thursday evening. Since the beginning of the year, the BA.2 proportion has been increasing continuously, while finds of the most widespread omicron subvariant BA.1 have been declining. The development can also be observed internationally.
“Due to the easier transferability of subline BA.2, a significantly slower decrease or renewed increase in the number of cases cannot be ruled out,” writes the RKI. An important factor for the further course is how much contacts increase as part of the planned easing. On Thursday, the RKI reported a slight increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence after a long decline. That could be an outlier, but maybe also an indication of a trend reversal./ggr/DP/nas