Sydney, Australia)Cases of COVID-19 are increasing rapidly in Australia, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison has imposed a lockdown to prevent the spread of the new form of the virus, Omicron. ) or making it mandatory to wear masks.
New South Wales reported the highest number of 5,715 new cases in Australia on Wednesday and one person died of the infection. In New South Wales, 347 people are hospitalized and 45 patients are in the ICU, compared to 302 hospitalizations the day before. Cases of infection have also increased in the state of Victoria. On Thursday, 2,005 new cases of infection were reported here and 10 people died due to infection. Morrison held a meeting with the leaders of Australia’s states and territories on Wednesday.
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After this, he told reporters that imposition of lockdown and making wearing of masks mandatory is not being considered. The decision whether to shorten the time between the second dose of the vaccine and the ‘booster’ dose is left to Australia’s Technical Advisory Group on Immunization. Morrison said, “My appeal is to exercise restraint, take your ‘booster’ dose, follow the rules of COVID-19 during Christmas.”
At the same time, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrot said after Wednesday’s meeting that his government was working to increase and make the ‘rapid antigen’ test cheaper. Earlier such tests were very few and expensive.