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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Lucy Bladen

New Omicron sub-variant starts to dominate in Canberra

ACT Health acting executive group manager of the COVID-19 response Robyn Walker. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The more transmissible Omicron BA.2 sub-variant is becoming the most dominant COVID-19 strain in the ACT, making up more than half of all sequenced cases in the territory last week.

It has prompted health authorities to make a fresh plea to Canberrans to come forward for their booster shot, saying the third-dose rate was not as high as it should be.

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