Coronavirus Omicron Variant Reinfection Risk: WHO warns of higher reinfection risk from Omicron variant; here's how you can stay safe this party season
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Why are there so many new Omicron sub-variants, like BA.4 and BA.5? Will I be reinfected? Is the virus mutating faster?
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Can recovered Covid-19 patients be reinfected with Omicron? Here's what WHO says | World News - Hindustan Times
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COVID-19 infection, and reinfection, and vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection among health care workers in the setting of omicron variant transmission in New Delhi, India - The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
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Protection against omicron (B.1.1.529) BA.2 reinfection conferred by primary omicron BA.1 or pre-omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection among health-care workers with and without mRNA vaccination: a test-negative case-control study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
![BC Government News on Twitter: "Omicron is spreading rapidly across BC. It develops quickly, which means you can pass it on to others before you know you're infected. If you don't feel BC Government News on Twitter: "Omicron is spreading rapidly across BC. It develops quickly, which means you can pass it on to others before you know you're infected. If you don't feel](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHVcqfSVkBQ7_33.jpg)
BC Government News on Twitter: "Omicron is spreading rapidly across BC. It develops quickly, which means you can pass it on to others before you know you're infected. If you don't feel
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You're three times more likely to get reinfected by omicron, South African study finds | The Japan Times
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Covid-19: If I have had the omicron variant, can I get reinfected? | Science & Tech | EL PAÍS English
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Risk of reinfection, vaccine protection, and severity of infection with the BA.5 omicron subvariant: a nation-wide population-based study in Denmark - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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How long after catching Covid can you become reinfected and when should you get your booster? | Coronavirus | The Guardian
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Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa | Science
Coronavirus: How soon can you get reinfected with Omicron BA.5? (Mind you! it's not even a few months) | The Times of India
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