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Abbie Meehan & Aleks Phillips

New Omicron Covid variant 'surging' across Europe and may 'evade immunity' further

A mutation of the highly transmissible Omicron variant is currently 'surging' its way across Europe, and may be able to 'evade immunity further', one health expert has claimed.

As reported by The Express, the Omicron BA.2 variant was classified by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as under investigation, and just 53 sequences of it had been identified in samples.

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