Infectious disease experts claim worst of Covid pandemic is over in Australia

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Top infectious disease experts say Australians have seen the worst of the Covid pandemic with future waves likely to be smaller and less severe.

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Monash University infectious disease modeller Romain Ragonnet said the country has experienced the worst of the pandemic.

“The population now has a very high level of immunity from both vaccination and infection,” he said.

“This was not the case before the Omicron waves so I am confident that we are now in a more favourable situation than we were a few months ago.”

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Mr Ragonnet said he expected future waves to be smaller.

“New variants will most likely be sub-lineages of the Omicron variant to which a large proportion of the Australian population has now been exposed,” he said.

“This infection-induced immunity combined with the high vaccination rates mean that future waves are expected to be smaller and should induce less pressure on the health system.”

Period10 Aug 2022

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