BA.1

Translingual
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Etymology

From being being assigned B.1.1.529.1 when the second variant occurred, and then shortened.

Alternative forms
  • BA1, BA 1, BA-1, B-A-1, B A 1, B.A.1

Proper noun

BA.1

  1. (virus) The first Omicron variant. A highly transmissible though milder variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in South Africa and Botswana.

Synonyms
  • B.1.1.529.1

Hypernyms
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