Gatherings over Easter long weekend expected to cause further increase in infections, with Victoria already 60% up in past fortnight
Hospitalisation rates have been relatively stable in recent weeks but the Australian Medical Association’s president, Steve Robson, warns that more infections are likely.
“We’re coming into winter and there’s a lot of travel going on and family gatherings. We would anticipate that with all the mitigations now essentially gone, there will be more morbidity, more illness, more loss of life.” Robson said the real number of Covid cases was likely much higher than official figures suggest as fewer people were testing regularly.
He said hospital staff were still dealing with the pandemic, even if people “don’t want to hear about [it] any more”.
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