Three new Covid Omicron subvariants detected in Australia

BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 found as authorities warn winter is likely to bring a spike in coronavirus cases

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Three new Omicron subvariants have reached Australia and health authorities say people who contract the virus should wait three months before getting their next Covid-19 vaccination.

Assoc Prof Stuart Turville from the University of New South Wales' Kirby Institute says Omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in the country.

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