Denmark: Omicron BA.2 predicted to cause 100% of infections within 10 days

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Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut have published a report on the growth of the BA.2 sub-lineage. They predict that BA.2 will cause 100% of all Covid infections in Denmark by mid February 2022.

The report, entitled “Growth rates for the Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2.” has been machine translated and can be read in English below. It can be downloaded in Danish here.

Vkstrater for for virusvariant BA227012022 English

 

A new plot of BA.2 today shows it nearing the 100% mark that Denmark predicted just two weeks ago:

 

Fantastic work by the SSI, as always.

 

 

Image by Adithya Rajeev from Pixabay

** This post was originally published on February 4, 2022 **