Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced the cancelation of the reopening plans, pointing to the rapid spread of omicron in the rest of the country and adding that he did not want to see a “flood of disease”
On the same day as the western state’s decision, Australia’s most populous state New South Wales86.69%. That’s the percentage of Western Australia’s eligible population who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a. The Australian federal government previously urged state governments to lift all pandemic restrictions once vaccine uptake crosses 80%.
But after being faced with a persistent delta variant outbreak last year, the federal government pivoted to a ‘living with the virus’ strategy as the country’s vaccine rollout gathered pace. However, Western Australia continued to keep its borders shut and stuck with the Covid elimination strategy and as a result it has reported only nine deaths from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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