As a virus-weary world limps through the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts are sending out a warning signal: Do not expect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to be the last variant we contend with and do not let your guard down yet.
In the midst of a vast wave of milder infections, countries around the world are dialing back restrictions and softening their messaging. Many people are starting to assume they have had their run-in with COVID-19 and that the pandemic is tailing off.
That is not necessarily the case.
The crisis is not over until it is over everywhere.
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