June 26, 2021 08:06
Workers and residents in Sydney were ordered to stay home for a week on Friday, as authorities locked down several central areas of Australia s largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.
Sixty-five COVID-19 cases have been reported so far in the flare-up linked to a limousine driver infected about two weeks ago when he transported an international flight crew from Sydney airport to a quarantine hotel.
But authorities have since identified scores of potential infection sites visited by thousands of people across central Sydney, including the city s main business district. Authorities have been alarmed by instances of people passing on the virus during fleeting encounters in shops and then quickly infecting close family contacts.
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Another day of chaos at Perth hospitals as pressure in ED ramps up
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Emergency departments across Perth were working under pressure in the lead-up to the weekend with ambulances ramped outside all major hospitals on Friday.
Nine ambulances were waiting to offload patients outside Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Friday afternoon, with the ED operating beyond capacity. Some had been stationed outside the door for three hours.
Ambulances wait outside of the emergency department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in March.
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