
State official: NY doesn’t expect ‘steep surge’ from variant
New York’s top health official said Monday that she doesn’t expect to see a “steep surge” in COVID-19 cases as a new variant grows more prevalent in the state. The variant commonly known as “stealth omicron,” or the B.A.2 lineage of the omicron variant, now represents 42 percent of all cases in New York, according to state Health Commissioner Mary







