Experts say XBB.1.5 is more contagious but not necessarily more severe than previous strains.
XBB.1.5 is a new Omicron strain of COVID-19.Australians have been reminded to take a 'common sense approach' with the virus.
Professor Robert Booy from the University of Sydney told SBS News that XBB.1.5 — a variant of BA 2, another strain of Omicron — is more transmissible than other subvariants.How COVID took over the world and Australia "It is spreading, that's what it's learned to do," he said. "It mutates in order to achieve an evasion of our immune protection."
"If you develop symptoms, talk to your GP early, get a COVID test, and if you're [COVID] positive, seek antiviral therapy," he said.Pharmaceutical Benefits SchemeThis means the medications are subsidised for people with a Medicare card. Under the PBS, the maximum cost for a pharmaceutical benefit item at a pharmacy is $42.50 for general patients.Beijing last month announced it was scrapping strict "zero-COVID" measures in favour of a new policy of living with the virus.
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