Sydney: Record jump recorded in Australia COVID-19 Infections on Tuesday as outbreaks of highly contagious omicron The variant hampered the reopening of the economy while state leaders argued over domestic border controls.
The country reported 11,264 new cases of the coronavirus the previous day, according to a Reuters count of state figures, once again surpassing its peak the day before, as it grapples with a planned reopening while new Version is furious.
Five Covid-19 deaths were reported, taking the total fatalities since the start of the pandemic to over 2,200. Officials did not specify whether any of the new deaths were related to the Omicron variant.
The Omicron version, which medical experts say is more transmissible but less virulent than previous strains, began to spread in Australia just as the country plans to reopen for good after nearly two years of stop-start lockdowns. was walking with.
With rising case numbers resuming – despite a vaccination rate of over 90% for Australians over the age of 16 – the country’s state leaders have called for mandatory mask-wearing and QR code checks in public places. Some containment measures like these have been brought back.
The rising number of cases has led to mandatory self-isolation for thousands of workers in the hospitality, entertainment and airline sectors – sectors hardest hit by the lockdown – resulting in canceled theater shows, closed restaurants and postponed flights.
The outbreak has restarted the horrific domestic politics that has defined much of the pandemic as some states resist calls to lift internal border controls.
new South Wales (NSW), is home to Sydney and a third of Australia’s 25 million population, called from neighboring countries queensland To move from mandatory diagnostic testing at the place of origin to rapid antigen testing on the spot for people traveling there.
NSW Minister of Health Brad Hazard Said that a quarter of clinical tests in his state were “tourism tests” for asymptomatic people, adding to the enormous pressure of the health system, long test queues and waiting several days for results.
In one case, a Sydney testing clinic sent false negative test results to 400 COVID-positive people, then sent negative results to 950 people prematurely when 486 were actually positive. “Human error was the result, and when people are under pressure, human errors are greater”, Hazard said.
He called on Queensland to immediately cancel mandatory clinical trials, not after 1 January as planned, but Queensland officials said the policy was working.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette d’Eth instead said the state would remove another testing rule for interstate arrivals: People arriving in the state would not have to take a virus test for five days after arrival.
Australia’s international border is effectively closed, but Australian citizens can return without mandatory hotel quarantine and the country has said it will allow some skilled workers and foreign students in.
The country reported 11,264 new cases of the coronavirus the previous day, according to a Reuters count of state figures, once again surpassing its peak the day before, as it grapples with a planned reopening while new Version is furious.
Five Covid-19 deaths were reported, taking the total fatalities since the start of the pandemic to over 2,200. Officials did not specify whether any of the new deaths were related to the Omicron variant.
The Omicron version, which medical experts say is more transmissible but less virulent than previous strains, began to spread in Australia just as the country plans to reopen for good after nearly two years of stop-start lockdowns. was walking with.
With rising case numbers resuming – despite a vaccination rate of over 90% for Australians over the age of 16 – the country’s state leaders have called for mandatory mask-wearing and QR code checks in public places. Some containment measures like these have been brought back.
The rising number of cases has led to mandatory self-isolation for thousands of workers in the hospitality, entertainment and airline sectors – sectors hardest hit by the lockdown – resulting in canceled theater shows, closed restaurants and postponed flights.
The outbreak has restarted the horrific domestic politics that has defined much of the pandemic as some states resist calls to lift internal border controls.
new South Wales (NSW), is home to Sydney and a third of Australia’s 25 million population, called from neighboring countries queensland To move from mandatory diagnostic testing at the place of origin to rapid antigen testing on the spot for people traveling there.
NSW Minister of Health Brad Hazard Said that a quarter of clinical tests in his state were “tourism tests” for asymptomatic people, adding to the enormous pressure of the health system, long test queues and waiting several days for results.
In one case, a Sydney testing clinic sent false negative test results to 400 COVID-positive people, then sent negative results to 950 people prematurely when 486 were actually positive. “Human error was the result, and when people are under pressure, human errors are greater”, Hazard said.
He called on Queensland to immediately cancel mandatory clinical trials, not after 1 January as planned, but Queensland officials said the policy was working.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette d’Eth instead said the state would remove another testing rule for interstate arrivals: People arriving in the state would not have to take a virus test for five days after arrival.
Australia’s international border is effectively closed, but Australian citizens can return without mandatory hotel quarantine and the country has said it will allow some skilled workers and foreign students in.
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