There were 20,000 new COVID-19 infections reported in NSW on Friday and employers are on alert for a potential resurgence in staff absenteeism because of the now-dominant BA.2 omicron subvariant.
There were 20,000 new COVID-19 infections reported in NSW on Friday and employers are on alert for a potential resurgence in staff absenteeism because of the now-dominantThe surge in new diagnoses on Friday pushed the average daily caseload for the past week in NSW to 16,583 compared to 10,688 a week earlier and 7379 in the week ending February 25.Victoria, which is estimated to be two weeks behind NSW, reported 9036 new cases, with its weekly average climbing from 6447 last week to 7491.
“While COVID rates have increased in NSW and Victoria in recent weeks, we are not currently experiencing the level of impact seen during previous waves,” she said. In January, NSW cases were as high as 30,000 or 40,000 a day and resulted in workers isolating across the supply chain, leading to empty shelves.could be higher this time because the original omicron wave occurred during summer when many were on vacation.vaccines and infection-acquired protection would guard against severe outcomes, but it was unclear at this stage whether the illness would be enough to prevent people going to work.
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