Persistence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia: The impact of fluctuating social distancing.

• Main Authors: Sheryl L Chang (Author), Quang Dang Nguyen (Author), Alexandra Martiniuk (Author), Vitali Sintchenko (Author), Tania C Sorrell (Author), Mikhail Prokopenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We modelled emergence and spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia between December 2021 and June 2022. This pandemic stage exhibited a diverse epidemiological profile with emergence of co-circulating sub-lineages of Omicron, further complicated by differences in social distancing be...