The West Australian government has cut the time a person can be reinfected with COVID-19 from three months to just four weeks as authorities warn of a potential surge in cases over winter.
Chief Health Officer Dr Andy Robertson said the sub-variants represented more than 50 per cent of new cases in the state, with nearly 1 million people having already had the virus at least once. The state government is yet to clarify if a recovered case will remain exempt from being considered a close contact for 12 weeks post-infection, or whether this will also be revised.
“It may look similar to our previous wave. We could get significant increases in the number of cases we’re having and, unfortunately, that will flow into the [number] of people in hospital and, potentially, in ICU.”Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows to the end of May, 83 West Australians had died this year due to COVID-19. The figure represented just 1.5 per cent of overall COVID-related deaths across the country.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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