The 'stealth omicron' variant is fueling China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years, with 1,337 local cases tallied across the mainland on Monday.
BEIJING — The"stealth omicron" variant is fueling China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years, with 1,337 local cases tallied across the mainland on Monday.
In Shanghai, authorities are locking down individual buildings rather than the whole city, but cases are rising. The outbreak is being fueled by the BA.2 version of the omicron variant, a strain that scientists say is"stealthier" than the variant that led to the record spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. in January. While the BA.2 variant is widespread in Asia and Europe, CBS News reports that it has yet to take hold in the U.S., and scientists are hopeful that a previous omicron infection will offer some immunity to the new variant.
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