Canberrans have been warned that daily COVID-19 case numbers in the territory are likely to rise, possibly as much as tripling in the coming weeks.New modelling suggests Omicron subvariants could see the ACT's daily COVID-19 case numbers triple by next month
ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman said at a press conference on Monday that daily case numbers were expected to peak in late July or early August. Canberra Health Services chief Dave Peffer said their staffing was causing a serious strain on their ability to provide the community medical assistance.
Dr Coleman said with the likely rise in case numbers in the coming weeks, now was the time for Canberrans to get back to their COVID-safe behaviours. "As a community we have worked really hard to get back to a relatively normal way of doing things where we can safely enjoy all the things that we love, and now is the time to refocus these efforts."
"My feeling is that more Canberrans will step up, realise that we're heading in to serious part of this COVID experience, and take on the need to wear masks moving forward."President of the ACT branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Simon Blacker, said he had seen a high take-up of second boosters since the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation last week recommended that Australians aged 30 and up receive a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccination.
"This greater cohort being eligible [will] see probably longer wait times now coming for appointments, so I'd ask that the community be patient, you will be able to get your vaccination at some stage, but it just may take a week or two or three longer than you might have thought."
“Modelling”... 😂😂😂
I’m surprised the media keep harping on about this Covid stuff everyone I know couldn’t care less but somebody must be interested 🤷♂️
Keep those vaccines going…numbers should keep climbing too
If you trust modelling, you're cool.
The modelling is always wrong.
I keep telling epidemiologists not to use climate models for their forecasts.
Remember when the experts and politicians said the virus stops with the vaccinated 😂
It’s winter flu season
Maybe interview this fellow
Blah blah blah
ABC wet dream right here.
They will only affect people who have had the useless dangerous covid experimental jabs and boosters. Unvaxed people will not be affected because their immune systems have not been damaged or destroyed by the covid kiss of death jabs
I don’t read or believe any articles starting sentences with “Modelling shows…”
Cry baby cry
What? No way!?! Not in the Socialist Republic of Canberra? Must be fake news. 😁😁😁
Did Tim Flannery’s brother do the modelling?
Did they use Dan’s Commodore 64 super computer for this model?
Reintroduce Mandatory mask wearing, it’ll be the only way to reduce Covid numbers and protect those most vulnerable.
The media is the virus.
Is that Norman Swan style modelling?
The number of infections is irrelevant. The number of ICU admissions is.
Lol you and your modelling abc? You constantly cover garbage science but continually ignore peer reviewed studies. You are a disgrace
Modelling was 30K-40K deaths in Qld alone with all measures in place.. Stop wasting our time ABC.
The most vaccinated state/territory in the country.
Even after all them Jabs, do tell what numbers we had before the rollout, do a side by side, you know objective and shit,
Can you please show evidence of covid modelling that has been proven to be correct?
Can you stop tweeting this utter bs please…
Some may that, they're trying to kill us with kindness, 🩼🩼🩼🩼, I couldn't possibly comment 😉
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