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newsGP – Highly infectious COVID variants spur calls to shut Australia’s borders – RACGP
A former WHO epidemiologist told newsGP the best way to handle a potential outbreak of a new strain is ‘by stopping it from happening in the first place’.
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A former WHO epidemiologist told newsGP the best way to handle a potential outbreak of a new strain is ‘by stopping it from happening in the first place’.
The new variants are believed to be around 70% more infectious than previous versions.
The new variants, which emerged in South Africa and the UK, are thought to be much more infectious and, in the former’s case, may potentially affect vaccine efficacy.Returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide…
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