Donna Demaio: Australia's Covid-19 strategy branded 'absolutely stupid'
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
July 12, 20212m 14s
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Australia’s approach to tackling the Delta Covid-19 variant has come under fire, with multiple experts warning the current strategy is putting the nation at risk of fresh outbreaks.
The current strategy of letting states and territories deal with outbreaks in their own ways has attracted criticism, with infectious disease experts saying not having a national approach is putting the country at risk.
Professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Australia, Adrian Esterman, described the current strategy as “absolutely stupid”, telling the Sydney Morning Herald a set of common rules on border closures, quarantine and lockdowns were needed.
Head of Monash University’s epidemiological modelling unit, Professor James Trauer, said the country was in “desperate need” of a national approach, saying the outbreak in NSW was highlighting the “enormous the holes” in the current strategy.
It comes after NSW recorded 112 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections in the outbreak to 678.
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The current strategy of letting states and territories deal with outbreaks in their own ways has attracted criticism, with infectious disease experts saying not having a national approach is putting the country at risk.
Professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Australia, Adrian Esterman, described the current strategy as “absolutely stupid”, telling the Sydney Morning Herald a set of common rules on border closures, quarantine and lockdowns were needed.
Head of Monash University’s epidemiological modelling unit, Professor James Trauer, said the country was in “desperate need” of a national approach, saying the outbreak in NSW was highlighting the “enormous the holes” in the current strategy.
It comes after NSW recorded 112 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections in the outbreak to 678.
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