NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is resisting calls to reintroduce a mask mandate and additional restrictions as the state recorded 2,501 new cases on Monday:
People queue at the St Vincent's Bondi Beach COVID-19 drive through testing clinic on December 17, 2021 in Sydney, Australia.There are 2,501 new cases of COVID-19 in NSW and no deaths as the premier resists calls to reinstate mask mandates.
With Christmas fast approaching, Premier Dominic Perrottet has written an editorial in the Daily Telegraph calling for calm as COVID-19 numbers surge."Case numbers are bound to rise, just as the modelling predicted, and we are all likely to have a close encounter with COVID," he said.
Almost 60,000 booster jabs were administered by NSW health workers last week, up from 15,000 the week before, and NSW Health is aiming to administer double that number this week. It is the first day the state has not reported a COVID-related death since 16 September, and there are 13,175 active cases in the community.
People are seen in a queue at the Russell Street COVID-19 testing clinic in Melbourne, Monday, 20 December, 2021.A long queue was also seen outside the Bourke St walk-in site, with people facing a wait of three hours to get tested.Acting Premier James Merlino said opening times at centres had been extended considering the number of people wanting to be tested as they prepared for leave or holiday travel during Christmas week.
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