Leaders of state and territories will meet in Sydney on Wednesday to discuss whether it will make changes to a major COVID-19 isolation rule while receiving the latest update on how Australia is faring more than two-and-a-half years since the first case.
The leaders will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney on Wednesday where they will be provided with an update with the latest medical advice.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with premiers and chief ministers to discuss a reduction to the COVID-19 isolation period. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone "Since we last met there’s been, fortunately, a reduction in the number of COVID infections and the impact that it’s having that was in accordance with the health advice we received. So we'll be examining those issues," he told 2SM Radio on Tuesday.
There are 3,004 people hospitalised around the country with COVID-19 while 86 are in intensive care and 22 of those are on a ventilator.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his NSW counterpart Dominic Perrottet are both in favour of hearing fresh advice and an update to the rules. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews echoed sentiments and believes"the time was right" for health experts to take Australia out of the pandemic. Mr Albanese reportedly told his NRL team the South Sydney Rabbitohs the quarantine period will be slashed after the club flagged concerns about not being able to field a player who recently caught COVID. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
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