Explainer: What is the Covid BA.5 variant and why is it reinfecting so many people?

Like its sister variant, the Omicron strain, BA.5 is particularly good at evading the immune protection afforded either by vaccination or prior infection.

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July 14, 2022

Like its sister variant, the Omicron strain, BA.5 is particularly good at evading the immune protection afforded either by vaccination or prior infection.

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