Czechia confirms second case of Covid’s Centaurus subvariant

Czechia has confirmed the second case of the new fast-spreading Omicron variant in the country. A sample of BA.2.75 variant nicknamed “Centaurus” was sequenced in mid in mid-September at the University Hospital Hradec Králové, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday, citing data of the State Health Institute.

The variant, which was first spotted in India, is thought to be transmitted up to five times more easily than the original variant. It was first detected in Czechia at the end of August by a laboratory in Prague.