COVID can reinfect again within 4 weeks due to the new Omicron BA.5 variant; list of symptoms

You can now get COVID again within 4 weeks due to the new Omicron BA.5 variant, health expert says Other experts say the latest COVID-19 variant is especially contagious and the "worst version of the virus that we've seen." Katie Anthony, Andrea Michelson Business Insider

Health experts in the US and abroad have found that the coronavirus variant currently responsible for most infections in the US, Omicron BA.5, can quickly reinfect people who already have protection against the virus. 

People who have been vaccinated, received antibody treatments, or developed natural immunity from contracting the virus were previously thought to have a lower risk of getting COVID-19, at least in the months following exposure.

However, Chief Health Officer of Western Australia Andrew Robertson told news.com.au that he's seeing people get reinfected with COVID-19 in a matter of weeks.

"What we are seeing is an increasing number of people who have been infected with BA2 and then becoming infected (again) after four weeks," he said. "So maybe six to eight weeks (later) they are developing a second infection, and that's almost certainly either BA4 or BA5." ...

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AND: Symptoms of the Omicron BA.5 variant include runny nose, sneezing, and sore throat