New strain Eris is now dominant in the UK and the US, but its impact on a relaxed Australia could be severe. 9News
"Despite the fact the public, the media and politicians have forgotten about the COVID-19 pandemic that affected us all for over three years , the virus is still with us," Murdoch University's Australian National Phenome Centre director Professor Jeremy Nicholson said.
He said this was important to note due to Australia having lagged on more recent vaccinations against the virus. "Let's hope that we have all learned something from the previous COVID-19 experience so that a repetition of history can be avoided."Epidemiology chair at Deakin University's Faculty of Health, Professor Catherine Bennett, warned that it may be some time before Eris' full effects were felt down under.
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