It comes as the health system faces extreme pressure as hospitalisations and ICU admissions continue to rise. 9News
Health care workers now only need to obtain a negative rapid antigen test result before returning to work.
This is aimed to assist the pressure plaguing the health system and to stop supply chain disruptions in other industries.The health system is facing extreme pressure as hospitalisations and ICU admissions continue to rise in the state's surging Omicron wave.NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said yesterday in terms of hospitalisations and ICU admissions, the health system was outstripping even the most optimistic modelling.Mr Perrottet said the health system was nonetheless under pressure.
"It is going to be a difficult few weeks ahead but the tracking that we are releasing today is very reassuring and encouraging given where we sit today in in the pandemic."Premier Dominic Perrottet said the state is tracking better in hospital admissions than modelling predicted.
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