Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said Australian authorities are closely watching the new strain, which is thought to be more transmissible than what has currently been tested here. This variant is not more severe, doesn t cause more severe illness. There is no increase in hospitalisation or increase in 28-day mortality, Professor Kelly said.
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Australia s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly.(9News) So they are positive signs. It does appear that it is more transmissible, but not majorly so, and I would maintain that our two weeks of quarantine with someone in their own room in a hotel means that it doesn t really matter whether that s more transmissible or not.