Mutated Omicron has already replaced original variant in South Africa
Mutated Omicron has already replaced original variant in South Africa
BA.2 is being watched closely by disease experts across the world and is spreading rapidly in some places (Picture: Getty/Rex)
A mutated version of the Omicron Covid-19 variant has already replaced its predecessor in South Africa.
The substrain of the variant which swept the world this winter is thought to be significantly more contagious than the original.
It has already been reported in the UK…