Elective surgeries are again at risk of being delayed with predictions hospitalisations may exceed past Covid waves
Victorian employers are also being asked to consider work-from-home arrangements for their employees, although no recommendation has been issued. An advertising blitz promoting Covid vaccine boosters will also start across the state.
Associate Prof Paul Griffin from the University of Queensland said people should not become complacent about the virus, warning those who had been recently infected could be reinfected in a matter of weeks. “We’re urging people who have recently had Covid-19, even if they left isolation in the past four weeks, not to be complacent. If you develop symptoms again, make sure to test and isolate.”Griffin said the rise in new Covid infections alongside an increase in influenza cases was also concerning.
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