Justin Trudeau Tests Positive For COVID-19 For Second Time
etcanada.comPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has COVID-19 — again. In a tweet on Monday morning, Trudeau announced he has again tested positive for the virus and is isolating, but said he felt “OK.” Trudeau previously tested positive for COVID-19 in January as the Omicron variant surge sent case counts across the country soaring to new highs.
He is triple vaccinated. Read more: Omicron COVID-19 variant likely to re-infect ‘over and over again,’ experts say Recurring infection from COVID-19 has become more common over recent months as a result of Omicron and the more recent sub-variant, BA.2.
Both are immune-evasive, meaning the virus has developed enough mutations to escape some of the immune response gained from vaccination.
Vaccination previously was highly effective at preventing infection and transmission of previous variants of COVID-19, including the Delta variant that dominated the summer of 2021.
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