YOUR SAY: Should a mask mandate be reintroduced for indoor settings in NSW? Yesterday, Premier Dominic Perrottet insisted that his government is treating residents 'like adults' and leaving the decision to wear masks in their hands. DETAILS: 9News
cases and two deaths for the past 24 hours amid calls for the state government to rethink its mask policy.There were 136,972 coronavirus tests carried out over the past 24 hours.A man in his 80s from Sydney's south died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.A woman in her 70s from the Central West died at the Gosling Creek Aged Care facility, where she acquired her infection.
"If not checked a surge in cases will further burden our already exhausted health systems due to an overwhelming rise in hospitalisations. "The next days are really quite important and the additional intervention of universal mask-wearing indoors can make a big impact with very little disruption," Professor Lewin said.
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