BA.1
Translingual
This Translingual term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Wikidata
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
- (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
- B.1.1.529
Related terms
- B.1.1.529
- B.1.1.529.1
- B.1.1.529.2
- B.1.1.529.3
- BA.2
- BA.3