An impending surge of Covid reinfections across Australia in the lead-up to winter is already here according to health experts. Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of South Australia, Adrian Esterman, warns reinfections are on the rise as peoples natural immunity begins to wane. This is real and happening now,” Professor Esterman, tweeted last Friday. While, Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology at Deakin University, says “it’s a really difficult time to assess what’s really going on". "There’s also the likelihood that case numbers are being undercounted because “we’re probably not fastidious in getting tested,” she conceded.

Source: Stuff May 11, 2022 10:09 UTC