Travel restrictions into Australia were lifted in March 2022. Highlighting the impact of “unfettered transmission” in the community on the elderly and immunocompromised, Crabb recently the need to implement a “sustainable, elevated level of action.”9 In addition, the impact from long covid is of concern—“in the end, it’s pretty clear the only way to prevent long covid is not to get covid,” Crabb said. Karen Cutter, spokesperson for the Actuaries Institute’s covid-19 working group, said that this “is much higher than normal” and around half of the excess deaths are because of covid-19. You may download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage

Source: The Guardian February 10, 2023 14:58 UTC