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COVID-19 cases and deaths have been falling across the U.S. for several weeks as the omicron wave recedes. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a new subvariant of omicron is beginning to spread 鈥?BA.2, also known as stealth omicron. The CDC said Tuesday that the BA.2 subvariant now represents 23% of newly-reported COVID-19 cases across the country. The subvariant is also spreading rapidly in China 鈥?where officials are re-instituting lockdown measures 鈥?and in Europe, where some countries are seeing a second omicron wave.So, what is stealth omicron, and how is it dif
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