BREAKING: An emergency New South Wales cabinet meeting has proposed daily rapid coronavirus tests for essential workers to fight Greater Sydney's outbreak. 9News Full details on the proposal:
Two nurses and a student nurse at Liverpool hospital have also tested positive to COVID-19.
All three staff members have been vaccinated. Both nurses have had one dose of Pfizer vaccine, and the student nurse has been recently fully vaccinated, NSW Health said. She said the state would "intensify our strategy" in regards to vaccinations in government areas where transmission rates are increasing."There has been no further transmission of COVID-19 detected in the region since the case notified on 20 July," a statement from NSW Health said.
"Can I assure HSC students and their families that we will be making announced imminently about making sure they know what they can look froward to," she said."All the hard work they've been doing will be rewarded so please don't stress," she said.Dr McAnulty has urged anyone who attended anti-lockdown protests in Sydney on the weekend to come forward for testing
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