With 1000 contact tracers working on stopping the spread of COVID-19 in NSW, authorities were becoming increasingly concerned about the quantity of virus fragments found in regional parts of the state.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has abandoned the promised full-scale return of HSC students to classrooms as case numbers remain stubbornly high and fears mount that the virus had spread beyond metropolitan Sydney.
“If you look at the number of people infectious in the community, it indicates that perhaps we haven’t reached our peak,” she said.“I’m not a medical expert, that is my humble guess ... given the numbers that I see every day.” Catholic Schools NSW has also raised concerns about the return of year 12 students. Several groups of students have launched petitions, citing concerns about safety and the potential spread of the virus.
Dr Chant also rejected reports that pressures on the state’s contact tracing system had caused NSW Health to ask workplaces to conduct their own contact tracing. “It’s reasonable to acknowledge that with the increasing case numbers it has been challenging, so our systems have had to ramp up. And we’ve had to put in place some critical surge [capacity],” she said.
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