Tasmania has 23 patients with COVID in hospital, one more than yesterday, as the state records 1,100 new infections.
The other topic of conversation today is expanding the list of services that are considered "essential" and should be covered by new isolation exemption rules.
Emergency services and food distribution workers who are close contacts are currently allowed to leave isolation and work, with some needing to have negative rapid tests every two days. All leaders have received draft advice from a national expert health panel with a long list of which other workers should be included in the exemption.
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