February 10, 2022
The new subvariant, dubbed BA.2, may lengthen the state’s slow decline in cases and hospitalizations due to its increased contagiousness. State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers noted that the Mississippi State Department of Health has so far detected only one case of the new subvariant, though difficulty in detection may make accurate detection difficult. Photo by Nick Judin
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