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<strong>Infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on an even more contagious version of the Omicron variant spreading in the US, fuelling concerns that the country may not return to normal, said a media report.</strong></p>
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The virus, known as BA.2, is a strain of the highly contagious Omicron variant that appears to spread 30 per cent more easily, Xinhua news agency quoted the report by National Public Radio (NPR).<br />
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BA.2 is found to have quickly overtaken the original Omicron strain in South Africa and other countries and has even caused a second surge of the variant in Denmark.<br />
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Researchers cautioned the same could happen in the US, raising fears that the spread &quot;may be on track to rapidly accelerate in the near future&quot;, according to the report.<br />
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As of Wednesday morning, the US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world&#39;s highest number of cases and deaths at 78,642,385 and 938,938, according to the Johns Hopkins University.</p>
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