SYDNEY, Dec 2 — Australia’s tally of people with the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 edged higher on Thursday, prompting state governments to bolster domestic border controls as health experts wait to learn more about the dangers posed by the strain.
While the Australian federal government has urged states to avoid a return to the stop-start lockdowns that have defined the country’s virus response, health authorities urged caution until they knew more about Omicron’s infectiousness and virulence. But other state governments have been upping their restrictions on interstate arrivals. South Australia, which has no recorded Omicron cases, said it would make all people arriving from New South Wales take a Covid test.
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