It’s a term heard during every daily cases update and there’s an ongoing frustration why it isn’t lower. But many are getting confused by it.
Why are so many people in NSW infectious in the community? I thought they were in lockdown? Where is the messaging going wrong Gladys?There is exasperation every day when people learn the number of cases which were infectious in the community. ‘Why can’t they all just remain home?’ seems to be the collective cry.
Of those 199, at least 50 were in the community through their infectious period, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced. Another 32 were infectious for part of the time they were in the community.“That number of 50 infectious in the community – the closer that is to zero, the greater the freedom we’ll have, but the further away from zero it is, the less freedom we’ll have.”while infectious which has given authorities confidence the lockdown measures did their job.
And the sheer number of cases also means the contact tracing is way behind in some cases and people who’ve been exposed may not know that until after they have caught the virus and become infectious.
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