BREAKING🎄 The 6th preprint from G2P-Japan - #Omicron is less infectious and pathogenic than #Delta and even an early pandemic SARS-CoV-2 in infected hamster model. 1/5
⏩ Viral genome sequences of BA.1 and BA.2 is ~2-fold more different from those of an original Wuhan-Hu-1 and #Delta and #Alpha. We showed the virological features of BA.2 is clearly different from that of BA.1. Should BA.2 be given a letter of the Greek alphabet? 5/5+1