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Expert optimism as ACT weighs up releasing contacts from isolation rules

An epidemiologist warned widespread COVID transmission would have an ongoing burden on the health system unless more was done to prevent long COVID cases.

The Canberra Times

Australia’s COVID death toll in 2022 more than doubled that of previous two years

Federal health data shows 4,547 people have died of Covid-19 this year to date, compared with 2,239 over 2020 and 2021

The Guardian - AU

COVID cases in Australia number 500,000 — but the undiagnosed number could be far higher

According to the latest federal health data, there are almost half a million known active cases in Australia — but epidemiologists believe they may be the tip of the iceberg, and the true number could be at least double that.

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One in 16 have Covid in England with cases rising everywhere across country

The rise in cases is driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant, a mutation of the Omicron Covid variant which ripped through the UK over Christmas, and the latest Office for National Statistics figures have been released

Daily Mirror

Tasmania's active COVID cases surpass January peak as Omicron BA.2 strain takes hold

Tasmania has hit the highest number of active COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started — with experts warning the daily tally is expected to climb far higher.

ABC News

Australians not yet boosted urged to take up third dose, as COVID-19 cases rise

With coronavirus case numbers expected to rise in the coming weeks, health authorities are urging Australians who haven't yet had a booster to do so.

ABC News

Stealth Omicron is one of the 'most contagious diseases around', expert claims

Epidemiologist and former WHO official Professor Adrian Esterman claimed that BA.2 is 'pretty close to measles' in terms of transmissibility.

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New Covid variant one of most infectious diseases ever seen, says expert

Experts say almost everyone is set to be infected by the new strain thanks to how easily it seems to spread

Wales Online

Omicron sub-variant almost as infectious as measles, the most contagious disease on earth

Professor Adrian Esterman, a former WHO epidemiologist, said the sub-variant is more transmissible than Omicron

The Independent UK

Omicron sub-variant almost as infectious as measles, the most contagious disease on earth

Professor Adrian Esterman, a former WHO epidemiologist, said the sub-variant is more transmissible than Omicron

The Independent UK

South Australia's new COVID rules: singing and dancing is back, density limits scrapped

SA will return to its most relaxed COVID rules in nearly two years this weekend. So what is changing, and what rules will remain?

ABC News

Victoria set for rise in COVID-19 cases amid highly contagious BA.2 variant of Omicron

Epidemiologist Adrian Esterman says BA.2 is about 40 per cent more contagious than the original Omicron strain, with a similar transmissibility to the highly-contagious measles.

ABC News

How South Australia might inform Western Australia's border reopening

As Western Australians wonder how the state's eventual border reopening might unfold, pundits often draw on the South Australian experience. But how comparable are the states and what bearing did SA have on Premier Mark McGowan's call to indefinitely delay the border opening?

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Danish data offers hope the COVID-19 pandemic is ending, but experts warn it's not quite over yet

An economist who has been analysing COVID-19 statistics since the start of the pandemic believes the latest Omicron strain may mark its end in highly vaccinated countries, but local epidemiologists warn COVID-19 could still have some nasty surprises.

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Will I need a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts weigh in on who will need a further booster shot

In the face of the Omicron variant, millions of Australians have already received booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines. But questions about whether a further booster is necessary, and how a universal vaccine may alter the status quo, remain.

ABC News

After the peak: What's in store for Australia now that the Omicron wave has turned?

Omicron’s arrival dashed much-anticipated hopes that a "normal" summer was on the horizon. Now as the dust settles on the latest COVID curve ball, what can we expect from the coming months?

ABC News

South Australia has reached the peak in its COVID outbreak – so what happens next?

Experts believe South Australia has reached the peak of its biggest and deadliest COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began. So what happens next?

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Omicron wave has likely peaked in NSW and Victoria, some experts say

Scientists say hardest-hit states are ‘probably through the worst’ as cases are ‘levelling off’

The Guardian - AU

On Australia’s deadliest day of Covid pandemic, experts say we don’t know enough about who is dying

Doctors say Australia must coordinate Covid-19 data nationally and pick up the game on testing, tracing, isolating and quarantining

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