Healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 in New South Wales will be able to leave isolation and return to work after seven days instead of 14 under new guidelines:
NSW Labor health spokesman Ryan Park said testing chaos and hospital staffing woes are evidence the government needs to ask for help.
The number of COVID-19 tests processed each day in NSW has plummeted by more than 60,000 in recent days, as testing clinics and laboratories become overwhelmed.But despite the drop in testing results reported daily, the number of new infections identified has remained stubbornly high.
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