St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney has launched an emergency response after informing 400 people had incorrectly received negative test results.
It comes as NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard warned “we’re all going to get Omicron”, as cases in the state hit a new high of 6934 infections.
“Bottom line here is that we would expect that pretty well everybody in NSW at some point will get Omicron,” he said. The number of hospitalisations – which is the way NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the virus risk should be measured – is an increase of 70 people from the data released on Christmas Day when there were 388 in hospital.“It’s very clear from ICU presentations that the majority of people who are in ICU are unvaccinated,” Mr Perrottet said.
In the ACT, 71 new cases were reported on Boxing Day, around half of the cases reported a day earlier.Tasmania hit a new record for cases on Sunday, with 44 new infections.In Sydney, large crowds gathered at beaches for Christmas to beat the heat after being encouraged to celebrate the day outdoors to reduce risk of spread.
“Hundreds of people waiting in line for several hours with multiple drive-throughs shut,” he posted on Facebook“This mess was totally foreseeable.”
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