Health
Australian authorities concerned mutant coronavirus strain could be more deadly – The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian health authorities have expressed their concern that a new and more transmissible mutant coronavirus strain running rampant across Britain could be much…
Professor Kidd said Australia had strong disease controls in place, with high testing numbers, swift contact tracing and mandatory hotel quarantine for returning overseas travellers.
In response to the emergence of new variants overseas, whole genome sequencing on all positive cases in Australia has been prioritised, he said. This allows rapid identification of those infected with a VOC and enables these cases to be managed with additional precautions to mitigate risk to the public.
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