The latest omicron sub-variants are more portable and better able to evade immunity from vaccines and past infections, but there are still steps you can take to reduce your risk of infection
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July 15, 2022
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The BA.4 and BA.5 covid-19 strains, which are now causing waves of infections in many countries, are the most contagious to date – largely because of mutations that allow them to evade our immune defenses. The good news, however, is that you can still do a lot to reduce your risk of infection.
Over the past two weeks, global covid-19 cases have increased by 30 percentlargely due to the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328973-how-to-cut-your-risk-of-catching-the-ba-4-and-ba-5-covid-subvariants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
