Queensland has seen a large jump in COVID-19 cases in the last week, the opposite of every other part of the country which is seeing new cases fall.
Queensland has renewed its call for everyone to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, as the state bucks the national trend with a rise in cases.
Despite the rise, Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said he was not surprised by the rise in cases despite the disparity with other parts of the country. Queensland’s COVID-19 traffic light system remains on Amber and will not be escalated to red despite the increase in new cases. A surge in COVID-19 patients, coupled with staff shortages due to illness and burnout, resulted in the lowest number of public elective surgeries performed in over a decade.
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