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Health
James Wood, Freya Shearer and James McCaw

We’re in another COVID wave. But it’s not like the others

Source: TND

Each Omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features – the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people with BA.5, then the confusing variant mix in the summer wave of 2022-23.

Now Australia is in its fifth Omicron wave, which has been brewing since February.

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