SUMMARY :
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What are the symptoms of the BA.5 variant?
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What is the reinfection timeframe?
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What is the incubation time of the Omicron BA.5 variant?
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Variant BA 5: is it dangerous? Should we be worried?
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After infection with Omicron, what immunity?
The Covid epidemic (9th wave) seems to be stabilizing according to the latest report from Public Health France as of December 16. This is the Omicron variant, and more precisely the BQ.1.1 (subvariant of BA.5) which currently represents two-thirds of contamination.
In view of the triple Covid / Flu / Bronchiolitis epidemic, respect for barrier gestures (mask, hand washing, ventilation) and sanitary measures (tests, isolation) remain essential. Moreover, there is still time to get vaccinated with the booster targeting the Omicron variant.
The basics of the Omicron sub-variant, the BA.5, which is currently the majority in France:
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BA.5 is more contagious than BA.2 (January wave), which was itself more contagious than BA.1 and even more than Delta (variant 2021).
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The incubation time (time to onset of symptoms) is a bit shorter: 3 days.
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BA.5 sometimes (but not always) gives rise to more marked symptomssometimes with digestive symptoms and loss of taste and smell.
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With BA.5 duration of symptoms is longer (on average 7 days versus 4 days for BA.1).
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Asymptomatic forms are less numerous.
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