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Policy lockdown implemented by the government Sydney did not stop the spread of COVID-19. Positive cases of COVID-19 in the state capital of New South Wales, Australia continue to increase.
Reported by Reuters and Channel News Asia, Wednesday (25/8/2021), there were 113 residents who received intensive care in hospitals. 98 of them were not vaccinated.
“This highlights … the fact that vaccination is key. We need to increase the level of coverage of that vaccine,” NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said at a briefing.
Daily positive cases even hit record numbers today. Local hospitals are said to be under heavy pressure.
Residents exposed to COVID-19 filled the hospitals. They occupy the inpatient room.
As is known, it has been two months since the local government implemented lockdown. New South Wales (NSW) itself reported 919 new cases amid the Delta variant outbreak.
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Australia, which is now being hit by the third wave of the Corona virus, takes steps lockdown more than half of its 25 million population, including its largest cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. The Australian government has also accelerated the launch of a vaccine which was initially slow.
About 31 percent of people over 16 years of age have been fully vaccinated. While 54 percent had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
“There is no doubt that part of the hospital network is under severe stress when the vast majority of cases, 80 per cent of cases are from the same region,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters, referring to the high number of cases in the southwestern suburbs. Sydney.
Meanwhile in the state of Victoria, new cases of COVID-19 fell for the second day in a row, with 45 new cases detected, down from 50 the day before. The decline comes as officials seek to ramp up vaccine rollouts by allowing anyone over the age of 16 to make vaccination appointments starting this Wednesday.
Despite the recent Delta outbreak, the number of COVID-19 cases in Australia is still relatively low, with a total of more than 46,600 cases and 986 deaths so far.
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