{"id":139438,"date":"2022-05-16T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T04:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/ba-2-12-1-covid-variant-3-early-symptoms-to-watch-for"},"modified":"2022-05-16T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T04:02:52","slug":"ba-2-12-1-covid-variant-3-early-symptoms-to-watch-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/ba-2-12-1-covid-variant-3-early-symptoms-to-watch-for","title":{"rendered":"BA.2.12.1 COVID variant: 3 early symptoms to watch for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ba-2-12-1-covid-variant-3-early-symptoms-to-watch-for3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest COVID-19 variant \u2013 dubbed BA.2.12.1 \u2013 has been linked to 43% of total coronavirus cases in the U.S., a jump from 7% in April.<\/p>\n<p>And, as more data about the variant becomes known, a pattern in early symptoms is emerging. BA.2.12.1 is a descendant of the BA.2 virus, a subvariant of the omicron strain of COVID. It has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/coronavirus\/2022\/05\/ba2121-variant-of-covid-the-symptoms-to-look-out-for.html\">ability transmit easier than its predecessors<\/a> and expect it to become the dominant strain of COVID-19 within a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Like previous COVID omicron strains, BA.2.12.1 often presents with upper respiratory symptoms that can appear like the flu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/3-early-omicron-subvariant-covid-150000381.html\" target=\"_blank\">Experts said BA.2.12.1<\/a> is triggering mild breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals with people feeling like they are suffering from a cold or seasonal allergies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest COVID-19 variant \u2013 dubbed BA.2.12.1 \u2013 has been linked to 43% of total coronavirus cases in the U.S., a jump from 7% in April. And, as more data about the variant becomes known, a pattern in early symptoms is emerging. BA.2.12.1 is a descendant of the BA.2 virus, a subvariant of the omicron [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}