Experts have warned we're in a new COVID-19 wave. What variants are to blame, when will we hit peak, and who is most affected?
Australia is now into its next COVID-19 wave . We've seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia . Now we see evidence of this new wave via wastewater surveillance for traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 . We also see rises in COVID-related hospital admissions and antiviral prescriptions .
also recommended people aged 65-74, and people 18 years and over with severe immunocompromising conditions, consider having another booster. But, by the end of October 2023, it was estimated only one-quarter of Australians aged 65-74, one-third of people aged 75 or over and fewer than half of people in aged care had received a COVID vaccine in the past six months.
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