Chief health officer professor Paul Kelly told the ABC on Monday morning there were three key reasons why Omicron had experts on edge.
“Is it transmissible from person to person? It is. Is it more transmissible than Delta? It might be, that seems to be what is happening with Delta. It is replacing Delta. “The national security committee is meeting again this afternoon. This morning I’ve advised premiers and Chief Ministers that I’d like to get them to get together over the next 48 hours.
The WHO is now working with experts to investigate the efficiency of current tests and vaccines with regards to the new variant. He said it was “a bit too early” to know whether a 14-day mandatory quarantine would be reintroduced for all arrivals, and called for calm, insisting Australia has already coped well with previous variants.Deputy PM: ‘We can’t keep shutting down’
The state had relaxed its entry questioning for international travellers, unaware there was a highly mutated variant emerging. “There is a great deal of uncertainty about the recently emerged Omicron variant so it is important Western Australia has strong protections in place for states which have relaxed their international borders,” Mr McGowan said.
Only fearful because the stupid media are beating it up!
close the border to everyone already instead of showing up on tv rambling on about BS all day dom
It's unusually mild maybe a slight cough
Was Australia asleep the entire weekend?
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