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New covid wave coming on in Australia
The “Kraken” variant XBB.1.5 has finally started to dominate over the other subvariants of covid in Australia. This includes Australia’s own XBF (which is still persisting and may return with XBF.2, XBF.5 and XBF.6, XBF.7, etc. ). So far case numbers are on the rise in NSW and Victoria, Australia’s most prolific link to the…
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Recombinant variants XBF & XBC.1 growing fast in (Western) Australia. Where is XBB.1.5?
A few days ago the Victorian CHO Dr Brett Sutton said XBF had a prevalence of about 29% in Australia. (R1) (R2) Since then I have watched it grow in Western Australia and the data set I have is a good week or 2 behind what the CHO has. XBC.1 is a bigger concern to…
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases