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Coronavirus – Australia: Measures continue to be relaxed, despite record cases

Australia has hit a record high for the third day in a row, with infections rising in the two most populous states, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison has downplayed the risk as the country continues to ease pandemic measures.

In New South Wales, 2,482 new cases were reported, in Victoria 1,504 and in Queensland 31. In total, they exceeded 3,820 cases, the record set yesterday.

Morrison reiterated that the data that should be of interest are the hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care units or intubation and not the number of cases, as the country learns to live with the coronavirus. So far, the rising incidence in New South Wales does not translate into increased pressure on hospitals, as only 26 people are being treated in the ICU, he explained.

“I do not agree that Australians do not care. We take it very seriously. “He is best treated with a clear mind and a clear plan,” he told a news conference in Hobart, Tasmania.

Morrison commented that Australia is not in the same situation as the United Kingdom, Europe or North America, where cases are rising rapidly.

Relaxing pandemic measures in New South Wales and Victoria will no longer require travelers arriving in Sydney and Melbourne to be quarantined for 72 hours. They will have to take a molecular test within 24 hours of arrival, but will only be quarantined until the test is negative.

Australia closed its borders when the pandemic broke out in 2020 and Covid-19 cases remained low compared to other rich countries. To date, only 239,000 cases and approximately 2,130 deaths have been reported.

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