More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and months after the onset of the Omicron variant, roughly a third of the Canadian population has been infected with the virus, according to an expert and mounting research.
Dr. Catherine Hankins, co-chair of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, told Global News that the Omicron variant that hit Canada starting in November 2021 had evaded immunity, leading to reinfections and breakthrough cases.
“I would think after two years, it’s very likely now that a third of the population has had a COVID infection,” Hankins said.
“Omicron had an ability to evade the antibodies that we had built up from either a previous infection or vaccination.”
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