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Dec 20, 2022 · Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the strongest infection ability out of the Omicron subvariants in the country, being quicker to transmit than other variants, having a shorter incubation ...
Jan 13, 2023 · According to the latest data, BF.7 is quicker to transmit than other variants. It has a shorter incubation period with a greater capacity to infect people who have previously been infected with COVID-19 or even vaccinated. BF.7 is believed to have an R0 (basic reproduction rate) of 10 to 18.6.
Dec 28, 2022 · The BF.7 subvariant, which descended from the BA.5 strain, is extremely adept at evading immunity and is believed to be driving China's current surge. In the U.S., BF.7 currently accounts for just 3.9% of cases and about 3.2% in New England, data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows.
Dec 21, 2022 · The current surge in Covid-19 infections in China is believed to be driven by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron that is circulating in that country. But this isn’t the first time that BF.7 has made news — in October, it started to replace the variants that were then dominant in the United States and several European countries.
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Dec 14, 2022 · BF.7 may well cause more serious illness in people with weaker immune systems. BF.7's mutations. As omicron has evolved, we've seen the emergence of new subvariants better able to escape...
Sep 26, 2022 · The CDC recently started tracking a new omicron subvariant, BF.7, which is now the third most-prevalent strain in the U.S. Five things to know: 1. BF.7 accounted for 2.3 percent of all...
Feb 6, 2023 · Updated Feb. 6, 2023. Print. What You Need to Know. New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will continue to occur. CDC coordinates collaborative partnerships which continue to fuel the largest viral genomic sequencing effort to date. The Omicron variant, which emerged in November 2021, has many lineages.
