Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia The Covid-19 pandemic in Australia is getting worse. On Monday (10/1/2022) the country of kangaroos for the first time penetrated the 1.03 million cumulative infection number.
This increase was driven by the trend of infections that exploded in the last three weeks since mid-December. Citing proprietary data Our World in Data and Wikipedia, on January 9, Australia reported 73,059 new daily cases of infection.
This is an increase of almost 4,000% or 40 times compared to last December 14. At that time, Australia’s daily infection cases were still at 2,000.
Geographically, the increase was driven by the two most populous states, namely New South Wales and Victoria. On Monday, the two states reported 55,000 new cases combined.
To slow the rate of infection, Australia has again imposed strict border rules. One of the victims of this regulation is tennis star Novak Djokovic who was denied a visa due to his vaccination status.
Meanwhile, this explosion itself has overwhelmed several health facilities in the South of the Earth. Reuters reported that this was exacerbated by the isolation rules for residents who were in close contact.
To speed up vaccination, the country of 30 million people will begin offering doses of Pfizer vaccine to 2.3 million children aged five to 11 years. So far, Australia’s vaccination coverage has reached 92% of the population aged 16 and over.
“There’s enough vaccine and there’s enough distribution points, it’s just a little bit of patience,” the head of the vaccination task force, Lieutenant General John Frewen, told reporters. Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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