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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organisation is following the development.

>> brian stelter, thank you very much. new warnings about the lasting health effects of covid. a just released study finds catching covid-19 a second or third time can raise your chances of new health problems and also contribute to long lasting health issues. these findings come at a time when more infectious sub variants of omicron are circulating. i want to bring in health reporter jacqueline howard. what more can you tell us about the finds? >> i can tell you with more variants, specifically sub variants of omicron circulating, more of us are vulnerable for reinfection, and first take a ...

The increase is being driven by two even more contagious sub—variants of 0micron called baa and ba.5. even in those who've had a previous omicron infection, it is quite possible that you can get reinfected. and in particular, we have this baa, ba.5 sub—variant circulating now. they're quite different from the original omicron variant, and therefore, they are able to evade your past immunity. vaccines may not be able to stop you getting infected, but crucially, they give strong protection against severe covid. more than 50 million people in the uk have had at least two doses of covid vaccin...

People wear masks in indoor public transportation settings at this time. now all this is unfolding as daily infections are rising in the u.s. 59% of active cases involve a new sub variant that early studies suggest can infect people if they have immunity against the original omicron variant. federal health officials say the shots and antiviral treatments for higher-risk patients significantly reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths. but whether they take the added precaution of bringing masks back to planes, trains and other forms of public transportation is yet to be seen. sandra. >>...

There has not been sufficient evidence yet to say anything about the change in the severity of the disease caused by these new sub-variants.