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Oct 21 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
#Variants of #Covid19 @ONS latest
Since the end of Jun 2022, the majority of UK Covid_19 infections have been #Omicron variants BA.4 or BA.5. In w/ending 2 Oct 2022:
🦠BA.5 = 87.0%
🦠BA.4 = 8.3% of all sequenced COVID-19 infections... 1/n

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
The @ONS 'observed a small recent increase in the number of infections with sub-lineage BA.2.75 (4.1% of sequenced infections), but this is not the cause of recent increases in trends'.

2/n
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
However, [the @ONS report states that...] 'there has been a SHARP increase in the number of infections with sub-lineages BQ.1 (a sub-lineage of BA.5) in the week ending 2 October 2022 (6.9% of sequenced infections)'.

3/n
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… Image
'BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 raise concern for their ability to evade immune responses. Both sublineages contain several mutations in their #SARSCoV2. Preliminary data suggests some of these mutations can help the virus dodge antibodies against #SARSCoV2'.@arstechnica
arstechnica.com/?post_type=pos…

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📢Government encourages people to ignore the pandemic: vaccine wanes, indoor mixing, few masks worn, poor ventilation, defences down. #CovidIsNotOver
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Example: @ONS Scotland positive tests rose from 1 in 55, to 1 in 50, and now 1 in 45, between 23/8 and 5/9. Image
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