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A new subvariant of the COVID-19's Omicron strain has been identified in Taiwan, alongside many other countries. Growing numbers of infections among the young may mean the spread of the pathogen will become more difficult to contain. COVID-19 keeps evolving as it spreads through populations around the world. Taiwan has recently reported a cluster of cases of unknown origin centered around the Port of Kaohsiung. Testing has revealed a connection between those infections and a new subvariant of Omicron – BA.2. The dean of National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Huang Li-min, says that the appearance of infections means that the…