Morrison played down the “informal” meeting despite surging case numbers of the new Covid variant across Australia
Scott Morrison will meet premiers and chief ministers for what he has characterised as an “informal” meeting of the national cabinet after a surge in Omicron cases as Australians travel in preparation for their Christmas break.
The prime minister said the conversation would be a “good opportunity” to update each other on all the relevant public health information ahead of the Christmas break.Morrison declared vaccination and booster shots remained the best protection against serious illness, and he said Australia needed to keep moving forward with easing of public health restrictions. But he said leaders would “keep fine-tuning and calibrating the things you need to do”.
Asked whether he envisaged a return to lockdowns, with some European countries imposing new restrictions to suppress a new spike in infections,, Morrison said: “We will make our Australian way through this.” “Anyone who is concerned and who is ready to have their booster shot, I would urge them to go and get it because that is the best defence against Omicron, particularly for insuring against serious illness, or what might require hospitalisation,” the prime minister said.
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