Prime Minister ScottMorrisonMP said the 'real measure' is hospitalisations and ICU admissions as he vowed 'we can't go back to lockdowns' amid surging coronavirus cases in New South Wales.
Mr Morrison on Friday said the government has sought to “balance saving lives and saving livelihoods” since the beginning of the pandemic amid growing concerns about increasing COVID-19 infections in New South Wales.“We can't go back to lockdowns, we all know that.”
“The fact that today I can stand here and tell you that right across the country, 90 per cent of our adult population is double-dose vaccinated, that more than a million Australians have had their booster shots and that number is growing every day," he said. NSW recorded a high of 2,213 COVID-19 cases on Friday, up from 1,742 on Thursday, 1,360 on Wednesday and 804 on Tuesday.
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