NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the state’s western regions are at risk of a coronavirus outbreak after a Victorian couple infected with COVID-19 travelled through NSW on their way to Queensland
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“I am very concerned that we’ve had people leave the lockdown and travel across our state and into Queensland, putting everyone at risk.” “I don’t want to jump to conclusions before we have all the facts, specifically if they had a travel declaration,” she said., which would be particularly useful in rural areas without a local GP or where GPs are “working flat out”.“But of course there are challenges around vaccine supply,” he said, noting he did not want to inflate community expectations.
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