Health
Victoria’s contact-tracing effort buckles under the weight of Covid-19 cases – The Guardian
ANU’s Peter Collignon says what’s important now is making sure people who test positive stay at home
Victorias rise in Covid-19 case numbers is occurring so rapidly that contact tracing can no longer be relied upon to unearth all potential clusters in the state, according to epidemiologists who argue health detective work wont make much difference when youve got thousands of active cases potentially out there.
On Tuesday morning, Brendan Murphy, secretary of the Department of Health, told the senate select committee on Covid-19 that delays had plagued Victorias contact tracing regime certainly…
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