sub-variants of Omicron-BA.5 and BA.5 are more transmissible, and can dodge some of the immune protection conferred by previous infection and vaccination.

According to Nature's magazine, the rise BA.4 and BA.5 — as well as that of another Omicron offshoot in the US — could mean that SARS-CoV-2 waves are beginning to settle into predictable patterns, with new waves periodically emerging from circulating strains. “These are the first signs that the virus is evolving differently" compared with the first two years of the pandemic when variants seemed to appear out of nowhere, Tulio de Oliveira, a bioinformatician at Stellenbosch University in South Africa told the magazine.

Omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants emerged in mid-December 2021 and early January 2022 in South Africa first, thereafter, they gradually spread to other countries.

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Amber Heard leaves stand after tense cross-exam by Johnny Depp’s lawyers

Amber Heard took the stand once again Tuesday to continue facing the intense cross-examination about her relationship with her former husband, actor Johnny Depp.Heard faced the first hours of her cross-examination Monday, as Depp’s lawyers tried to poke holes in her earlier claims about alleged physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Depp.The couple split in 2016, but have been battling it out in various courtrooms since, as each tries to paint themselves as the bigger victim in the relationship. Amber Heard cross-examination begins in defamation trial — ‘I could never hurt Johnny’ This particular trial stems from an op-ed piece Heard wrote for The Washington Post in 2018, in which she claimed she had been abused, but never mentioned Depp by name.Depp is suing Heard for US$50 million, while Heard is countersuing her former partner for US$100 million.As Heard returned to the stand Tuesday, she was asked about the beginnings of her relationship with Depp.

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Can Turkey stop Finland, Sweden from joining NATO? Why it’s seeking ‘bargains’

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Balloon release held for Willingboro man who was shot to death in Burlington City last week

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Documentary focuses on Holocaust survivors reuniting after 80 years

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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals He's Tested Positive For COVID-19 Once Again

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Pope Francis shares secret recipe for a bad knee: A shot of tequila

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John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary

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China Eastern Airlines crash that killed 132 may have been intentional: report

Rescuers work at the site of a plane crash on March 22, 2022 in Tengxian County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800NG aircraft carrying 132 people, including 123 passengers and nine crew me The Chinese airliner that crashed into a mountain in March was put into a near-vertical nosedive by someone in the cockpit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.The late March crash killed all 132 passengers on the plane, a Boeing 737-800.

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WHO backs second Covid booster shot for vulnerable population

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Eric Clapton Tests Positive For COVID-19, Postpones Two European Tour Dates

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Border authorities seize counterfeit designer clothes worth more than $2M

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Dog reunited with owners 3 months after going missing following crash

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Printing error affects mailed ballots in Pennsylvania county

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Trained scent dogs detect airline travelers with COVID-19

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UFO hearing: Pentagon shows declassified photos and video, clip of unexplainable floating object

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Top Gun: Maverick pilots Glen Powell, Danny Ramirez and Jay Ellis join forces for Men's Health

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Alberta officials to provide COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

Jason Copping and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw are scheduled to provide a COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon.Copping and Hinshaw will provide “an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health” at 3:30 p.m.The news conference will be streamed live in this story post.Last week, Copping and Hinshaw said had been a slight drop in hospitalizations when looking at the numbers from May 3 and May 9.

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Man, 27, dies after he was shot multiple times in Frankford, police say

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after police say he was shot multiple times in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood late Tuesday morning. The shooting occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on the 1600 block of Margaret Street. The victim, a 27-year-old man, was shot twice in the head, and several more times throughout the body, authorities say.

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Husband charged with wife's possible 'mercy killing' in Burlington County, officials say

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Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for COVID-19

vocally expressing his criticism of the coronavirus vaccine, Eric Clapton has contracted COVID-19.Announced via his Facebook page, Clapton’s team revealed he is “suffering from COVID,” testing positive “shortly after” playing at Royal Albert Hall. “He has been told by his medical advisors that if we were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery,” the statement read.

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College student delivers baby hours before graduation, receives diploma at hospital

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COVID-19: Montreal health director to leave job after coroner’s report into Herron deaths

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Eric Clapton postpones two European shows after testing positive for COVID-19

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