The president of Australia’s peak doctors body has issued a scathing criticism of Premier Dominic Perrottet and his failure to introduce a rule.
Australian Medical Association President Omar Khorshid on Tuesday said there needed to be a “stronger national approach” to the new variant which included mandatory check-ins, density limits for venues and major sporting events, and an indoor mask mandate.
“There is growing consensus among key medical experts we need to do more to slow down the spread of Omicron.” “DIY contact tracing, watered-down check in requirements, the abandonment of mask wearing mandates, and the removal of density limits are together a recipe for disaster and by the time hospital admissions and ICU cases grow beyond whatever benchmark he is working to – it will be too late,” Dr Khorshid said.
“The Commonwealth needs to reverse the funding cuts it has made to both general practices and pharmacies so that they are supported to scale up even further while the states and territories must step up their own efforts as well.”
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