Taiwan reports 61 new cases of latest COVID Omicron subvariants


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Taiwan reports 61 new cases of latest COVID Omicron subvariants Sixty-one people who recently arrived in Taiwan were found to be infected with either the Omicron BA.4 or BA.5 subvariant of the COVID-19 virus, but no domestic cases of those new subvariants have been detected so far, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Monday. Genome sequencing conducted in the cases of 120 passengers, who had tested positive upon arrival between June 10 and June 18, found that eight of them were infected with the Omicron BA.4 subvariant, 53 had contracted the BA.5, and 59 had the BA.2, said Lo...