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Topic: Ba.5

Surgical face mask with "BA.5" written on it, referring to the BA.5 variant of COVID-19 (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

What's BA.5 and why is it so contagious?

Nicole Karlis
A doctor with the Saxony-Anhalt Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, takes a swab from a patient at the fever outpatient clinic in Halle/Saale. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How many times can you get COVID?

Nicole Karlis
PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

No, BA.5 isn't evading PCR tests

Nicole Karlis