Australians are being urged to get their COVID-19 booster as a new coronavirus variant drives up infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the new NB.1.8.1 strain as a «variant under monitoring» and it’s now the dominant variant in China and Hong Kong. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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