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Should ring vaccination begin immediately to bring northern beaches COVID-19 outbreak under control?
By national science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak
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DecDecember 2020 at 4:59am
Professor MacIntyre said vaccinating COVID cases and their close contacts could help bring outbreaks under control.
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Now is the time to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, to smother the northern beaches outbreak using a strategy known as ring vaccination, according to some leading experts.
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Some experts said this should begin immediately to tackle Sydney s outbreak
But Westmead s Professor Tony Cunningham said NSW was right to focus on contact tracing for now
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Samson Ellis, Debby Wu and Cindy Wang, Bloomberg News Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a street on December 02, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan imposed mandatory mask-wearing regulations in some circumstances, including on transport services and in markets and restaurants, as it tries to keep its record of controlling COVID-19 infections in check. , Photo by An Rong Xu/Getty Images
The first locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in more than eight months was reported in Taiwan, ending what was the worldâs longest stretch without a domestic infection and providing a reminder of the virusâs ability to outfox even the most successful efforts to contain it.
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