Months to go before new 'COVID normal' - Boorowa News

Governments will not be able to say what "the new normal" will look like before a coronavirus vaccine is rolled out widely. And chief medical officer Paul Kelly doesn't expect that COVID-safe normal to appear until the second half of 2021. 'It is a bit hard to tell now ... I can't look into my crystal ball, I'm afraid," Professor Kelly told reporters in Canberra on Sunday. "(But) every single person that gets their two doses of vaccine and get that very strong protection against severe illness, will give people more confidence, will give the public health system more confidence, will give our politicians - that need to make these decisions in the end - more confidence." Last week the federal government brought forward the start of the vaccine rollout to February, beginning with the vaccination of quarantine and border workers, frontline health officials, aged care workers and residents, and disability workers. The government is hopeful a network of vaccination hubs will be able to deliver it to four million Australians by the end of March. Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will on Monday reveal whether there is a need to extend the state's snap lockdown that has been in place over the weekend. The Greater Brisbane region was put in lockdown from Friday until 6pm on Monday after its was confirmed that a cleaner had caught the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19. A relieved premier reported zero locally acquired cases on Sunday. "Let's see what our numbers are tomorrow (Monday), and then we will update Queensland about what the proposed steps forward are following on from that," she told reporters on Sunday. Almost 100 people who travelled from Queensland to Victoria breached restrictions put in place for the Brisbane lockdown, Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said. They are now in home isolation until at least Monday evening and are being tested for COVID-19. Victoria also recorded zero cases for a fourth straight day on Sunday. NSW was the only jurisdiction to report new local infections on Sunday - two in the Berala cluster and one in the northern beaches - even as restrictions were eased in the latter. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the main threat of her state's clusters has subsided to some extent. "We're still mopping up and that's why all of us have to be on high alert," Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Sunday. She thanked the northern beaches community for their sacrifices during the lockdown that began just before Christmas. Australian Associated Press

Governments will not be able to say what "the new normal" will look like before a coronavirus vaccine is rolled out widely.

And chief medical officer Paul Kelly doesn't expect that COVID-safe normal to appear until the second half of 2021.

'It is a bit hard to tell now ... I can't look into my crystal ball, I'm afraid," Professor Kelly told reporters in Canberra on Sunday.

"(But) every single person that gets their two doses of vaccine and get that very strong protection against severe illness, will give people more confidence, will give the public health system more confidence, will give our politicians - that need to make these decisions in the end - more confidence."

Last week the federal government brought forward the start of the vaccine rollout to February, beginning with the vaccination of quarantine and border workers, frontline health officials, aged care workers and residents, and disability workers.

The government is hopeful a network of vaccination hubs will be able to deliver it to four million Australians by the end of March.

Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will on Monday reveal whether there is a need to extend the state's snap lockdown that has been in place over the weekend.

The Greater Brisbane region was put in lockdown from Friday until 6pm on Monday after its was confirmed that a cleaner had caught the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19.

A relieved premier reported zero locally acquired cases on Sunday.

"Let's see what our numbers are tomorrow (Monday), and then we will update Queensland about what the proposed steps forward are following on from that," she told reporters on Sunday.

Almost 100 people who travelled from Queensland to Victoria breached restrictions put in place for the Brisbane lockdown, Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said.

They are now in home isolation until at least Monday evening and are being tested for COVID-19.

Victoria also recorded zero cases for a fourth straight day on Sunday.

NSW was the only jurisdiction to report new local infections on Sunday - two in the Berala cluster and one in the northern beaches - even as restrictions were eased in the latter.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the main threat of her state's clusters has subsided to some extent.

"We're still mopping up and that's why all of us have to be on high alert," Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Sunday.

She thanked the northern beaches community for their sacrifices during the lockdown that began just before Christmas.

Australian Associated Press

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