Despite recording the highest number of COVID cases so far in the pandemic, cases in the ACT have not peaked yet, the Territory's Chief Health Officer says.
Despite recording consistently high numbers of new daily COVID-19 cases, the ACT has not yet reached its peak infection rate, the territory's Chief Health Officer says.The ACT's Chief Health Officer says high vaccination rates mean a mask mandate isn't required in CanberraMasks are currently mandatory for school teachers, though daily RATs are not required
Dr Coleman credited the ACT's high vaccination rate for her hesitation to mandate mask wearing in the territory.ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman says the peak of daily COVID-19 infections is yet to come. "We do know that our numbers have been climbing and we do know that a high proportion of the population has had COVID."
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