Expert says immunity from vaccines and Omicron infections have combined to reduce severe disease
Australia has recorded its lowest Covid death rate for more than two years, according to federal health department data that dates back to January 2022.shows that between Thursday 29 February and Saturday 2 March, and on 5 and 6 March, the seven-day rolling average for Covid deaths was zero. One death was recorded on 3 March.
Associate Prof Sanjaya Senanayake, an infectious diseases specialist at the Australian National University, said a combination of vaccine-induced immunity and immunity from infection with Omicron subvariants had reduced levels of severe disease. Senanayake said like influenza, Covid would mutate, which could lead to future significant outbreaks.
“It serves as a clear indicator of where we are now when it comes to this disease that turned our lives upside down, and it highlights how much the overall threat that Covid-19 poses to us as a population has fallen,” he said.
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