Victorian Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has softened his prediction of a repeat of winter’s crippling omicron wave and now predicts a “lower and slower” rise in infections towards the end of 2022.
A surge in COVID-19 infections led to 5400 deaths in winter, predominantly among people over 70.
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