{"id":2456,"date":"2022-04-15T22:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/news-wrap-ba-2-variant-drives-new-wave-of-covid-cases-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T22:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T22:30:45","slug":"news-wrap-ba-2-variant-drives-new-wave-of-covid-cases-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=2456","title":{"rendered":"News Wrap: BA.2 variant drives new wave of COVID cases in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmNd4Y5iT40\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In our news wrap Friday, new COVID-19 numbers provided the latest evidence of another wave fueled by the BA.2 variant, crews in South Africa spent another day searching for 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