Grim prediction Australia could record 200,000 COVID cases a day slammed as 'highly misleading'

The Prime Minister and Chief Medical Officer have spoken out after modelling conducted for the national cabinet that predicted 200,000 coronavirus cases a day in the new year was leaked to the media.

The Doherty Institute modelling predicted the exorbitant number of daily infections amid the threat of the Omicron variant, waning vaccine protection and as state and territory leaders promise to live with the virus through low-to-medium restrictions.

Sydneysiders are seen queuing up at a walk in COVID-19 testing clinic in the CBD on Tuesday. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard “I wish to address selective and misleading media reporting about ongoing modelling used to inform decision making by Governments,” he said in a statement on Tuesday night.

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