A subvariant of the COVID-19 variant omicron, called BA.2, was detected by University of Wisconsin Health this Thursday in Dane County. According to a UW Health press release sent to The Badger Herald by the University Health Services spokesperson Marlena Holden, BA.2 is “1.5 times more contagious than its original form,” as reported in a … Continue reading Subvariant of Omicron detected in Dane County