The highly contagious Omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant Omicron variant around the world, the World Health Organization said this week.
Driving the news: BA.2 made up about 86% of cases reported to the WHO between Feb. 16 and March 17, the agency said in a report.
The big picture: The BA.2 subvariant of Omicron makes up over a third of all COVID-19 variants in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week.
Go deeper: CDC says Omicron subvariant accounts for 35% of all COVID variants in U.S.
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