For many of us, COVID-19 has drifted from our thoughts, but infections are surging again around Australia.
Experts say it is the beginning of a new wave of infections, but the lack of testing makes it difficult to predict the size and timing of the peak.
So what should we be doing as this next wave takes hold?
Today, infectious disease expert and director of the Burnet Institute, Brendan Crabb, on the new variants, the latest vaccine and why COVID is still a force to be reckoned with.
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