By Cristian Carlos. Special for Pen Sula 360 Press [P360P]
The BA.2 variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus is 20 to 40 percent more transmissible than BA.1, and this increases the risk for unvaccinated populations, especially children who arrive at a hospital with BA.2 as opposed to any other variant. What we do know is that these individuals are at higher risk of coming into contact with an infected individual before those who are vaccinated against it.
For this reason, Ethnic Media services organized a briefing on the progress made in information on the new BA.2 variant that is already present in the United States, the measures that must be taken against it and the urgency of continuing to vaccinate and convince people to get vaccinated.
Dr. Manisha Newaskar, a pediatric pulmonologist at Stanford Children's Health, said people