‘Highly misleading’: Health chief slams modelling leak that forecasts 200,000 cases

Australia’s top medico has called for calm after reports emerged on Tuesday that Australia could report hundreds of thousands of COVID cases on a daily basis. 7NEWS

Australia’s top medico has called for calm after reports emerged on Tuesday that Australia could report hundreds of thousands of COVID cases on a daily basis.

But on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of National Cabinet, Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly watered down those concerns.There have been queues and testing delays across the country.

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