Boosters urged as modelling predicts NSW could see 25,000 COVID-19 cases a day by January

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has called for eligible residents to get their vaccine boosters after the state recorded a surge in COVID-19 cases.

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"What they're telling us is that by the end of January, we could be looking at 25,000 cases of the virus every single day," he told reporters.The daily tally of COVID-19 infections in NSW jumped by 556 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm Tuesday, compared to a 804 cases recorded the previous day. Infections have more than quadrupled in a week, and it is the first time in months the state has recorded more than 1,000 new cases in a single day.

“One of the problems with modelling is that it is very difficult to include behaviour and how behaviour can actually prevent or cause a worsening of events,” she said.

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