Health officials: You can get COVID-19 (again) within 4 weeks due to Omicron variant

Published by BBNTEAM at July 7, 2022

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Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2022. 2:35 pm CST.

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Omicron’s new variant, BA.5 is becoming the dominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S., health officials say.

Experts say that this variant may be the worst version of the virus ever seen.

It is 4 times more resistant to antibodies and may reinfect people in a matter of weeks, Yahoo reports.

Health experts in the U.S. have found that this new variant is responsible for most infections and can reinfect people who have already been vaccinated against COVID-19.

The new findings are concerning since it was believed that those already vaccinated or those that had developed natural immunity from contracting the virus were at a lower risk of being re-infected with the virus.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that as of July 2, Omicron BA.5 was responsible for about 53% of COVID infections in the US.

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