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“We’ve just seen COVID records tumble again. There were 1,218 cases of community transmission in New South Wales announced on Sunday, the nation’s highest total in a single day since the pandemic began. Case numbers are rising in Victoria, with 92 reported on Sunday — the highest daily total in the state in nearly a year.
Both states have seen worrying leakages into regional areas. No other state wants to see the same thing happening to them.
But there is some hope. Vaccination rates are rising, especially in NSW, Victoria and the ACT. We learnt late last week that children aged 12-15 are next in line for the vaccine. And some NSW residents can look forward to small picnics and weddings.
We’re all looking for a way out, to safely open up. Yet factions are emerging within National Cabinet about how to do this. States and territories are split about the wisdom of easing some restrictions once 70-80% of the population aged 16 and over is vaccinated. That’s the threshold the Commonwealth is gunning for, backed by modelling from the Doherty Institute.
How National Cabinet will get all states and territories over the line and commit to opening up at 70-80% vaccination remains a mystery. As Stephen Duckett from the Grattan Institute writes, perhaps the Commonwealth will sweeten the deal with a little extra cash to compensate for the increased pressure reopening could put on their hospital systems. But he says we’re left in the dark about what’s actually going on.”
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health+Medicine
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