Australia has recorded its first cases of a new COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year. The mutation is a ‘recombinant’ variant that is a mix of two previous Omicron subvariants, and it’s highly transmissible. Epidemiology expert Professor Catherine Bennett explains if it will lead to a summer wave of infections.
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