The Prime Minister says he hopes the country doesn't return to previous COVID19 restrictions, as they are further eased across the nation. MORE: 9News
NSW reported 966 hospitalisations and 40 ICU admissions, a slight drop in comparison to yesterday's hospitalisations.has reported 6075 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.There are 175 people in hospital and 22 people in intensive care.Queensland today reported 4029 new infections and six deaths.Hospitalisations and ICU admissions have also both dropped, down to 247 and 15 from 250 and 16 respectively.
Health authorities are calling for the return of restrictions due to concerns of rising case numbers. "I think we need to head in a direction that gets people back into jobs, back into the workplace," he said.What we know about BA.2 variant, the 'stealth' version of Omicron
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