A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in wastewater in Ohio, Portugal and Switzerland

A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in human samples, wastewater Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample. CIDRAP

In the latest developments on the BA.2.86 Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariant, a few more sequences and wastewater findings were detected in the United States in Europe, according to scientists tracking the viruses and uploads to publicly available databases. Two sequences were reported from Portugal, which have August 15 collection dates.

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