Earlier Omicron infection ‘protective against BA.4/BA.5 subvariants’
Researchers say the new subvariants 'have greater capacity to escape the immune-system response'
Young and middle-aged adults who were infected with earlier versions of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 are likely to have strong protection against reinfection with the current dominant strains, new research suggests.
Prior infection with pre-Omicron variants also offered some protection against BA.4/BA.5 reinfection, but the Qatari authors said this was “modest” in comparison.
