LOS ANGELES, March 23( Xinhua)--The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant has made up over one third of new COVID-19 infections in the United States, coinciding with the allergy season that may complicate symptoms and delay timely distinction. The BA.2 variant accounted for about 34.9 percent of new COVID-19 infections in the country in the week ending March 19, according to the latest data of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC). This data went up from 22.3 percent a week

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