A new COVID-19 wave will hit ‘within weeks’

Two new subvariants will drive the next wave, chief health officers say
Professor Brett Sutton.

Chief health officers are warning a new wave of COVID-19 cases will hit within weeks, driven by new subvariants with a high level of immune evasion.

NSW was already seeing an uptick in cases amid the emergence of two subvariants called BQ.1 and XBB, its Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said on Thursday.