Coronavirus: Kerryn Phelps questions NSW-Victoria border control on Q&A

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There are fears domestic arrivals in Sydney are not isolating due to the state government’s relaxed approach to border control. 9News

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Dr Phelps said it is no small cause for concern."When we know that there are thousands of active cases in Victoria, there could be up to 10 times as many people who are infected who don't know it. And yet we're just letting people get on planes without having a test.

"It's obvious that NSW is on a precipice, and unless we take this seriously, and unless we actually have an effective closed border, we are going to see leakage of these cases from Victoria over to NSW." The former AMA President also told the panel she believes NSW needs to "head towards" making face masks compulsory.

"We know with aerosol transmission now, airborne transmission, wearing a mask is some of the best protection that you can have," Dr Phelps said."There's been a nonsensical debate for months now, which has been so frustrating because it has not been evidence-based, about wearing masks. "It is one of the single most responsible things that we can do as members of the community to protect each other."

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I think this is all part of strategy to slowly allow this disease into community and build immunity. We are not being told everything. Asymptomatic spreaders would be everywhere now and lockdowns may be too late anyway

GladysB you need to explain this. Why TAS, SA and NT have harder border policy while you cannot do it. You just want us in trouble? COVID19nsw

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