Deakin University associate professor in epidemiology Hassan Vally is warning about a COVID-19 “variant soup” consisting of five new strains leading the latest wave in Australia.
“We never get too confident when we talk about the virus,” Vally told AAP.
“Every time we think we’ve got a handle on it, there’s always a surprise around the corner.”
Australia officially reported 75,590 cases of COVID-19 COVID-19 last week, an average of 10,800 per day and a 38 percent surge in cases.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly announced earlier in the month that all evidence suggests that a new COVID-19 wave has arrived in Australia, driven by variants imported from overseas such as Omicron subvariants BQ.1, XBB, and BA.5….