'There’s a lot of COVID out there right now': Bogoch on summer wave

As the province of Ontario enters a summer wave of COVID-19, infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says a rise in cases and hospitalizations is being driven by an Omicron subvariant.

“One of the key things about this BA.5 subvariant is that it has a way to wriggle through some of the protective immunity we would get through vaccination or recovery from infection,” Bogoch told CTV News Channel on Friday.

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Bogoch also warned that even if this is a smaller wave, there are fewer hands on deck to help control the spread of COVID-19 because the health-care system is already stretched.

Watch the full interview by clicking the video at the top of this article. 

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  A man wears a face mask as he looks at a sign illustrating COVID-19 preventative measures in Montreal, April 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes