Omicron BA.2 was the dominant lineage in Bangladesh in January, finds a study run by the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR). Of two lineages – Omicron BA.1 and Omicron BA.2 – the latter accounted for 41% of infections and the former one for 39% during the last month, reads the report styled "National SARS-CoV-2 Variant Surveillance in
More than 80% of the Covid-19 cases in the country are of the Omicron variant, while 18% of the cases have been found to be the Delta variant, said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Thursday (10 February).