The Oceanian country has recorded around 15,000 deaths due to COVID-19 out of a total of more than 6.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2.
Australian authorities will lift the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-19 patients from October 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today, a development that will mark the lifting of one of the last stringent measures to protect public health. received by the authorities during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The government’s new policy aims to promote “tolerance and build capacity and reduce dependence on government interventions”, Mr Albanese said during a press conference.
Australia was able at the initial stage of the pandemic to drastically limit the spread of the virus, closing the borders and imposing lightning lockdowns, but this year it decided to change its approach, to “live with the virus”, thanks to the increase in the percentage of the population that was vaccinated.
The Oceanian country has recorded around 15,000 deaths due to COVID-19 out of a total of more than 6.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2.
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