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Sydney’s public hospitals have begun postponing non-urgent elective surgeries to cope with the growing outbreak.
Fifty-eight COVID-19 patients are being treated in intensive care beds, with 40 per cent needing ventilation.
The eminent Calla Wahlquist has this great feature this morning looking at how, 18 months down the line, a divide has grown between the states:
“Australia was hit by the pandemic in what seemed a moment of national unity. Large stretches of the east coast had been on fire all summer and the nation had pulled together to help. Volunteers – from firefighters to helicopter pilots to fence-fixers – drove across state lines to the areas of greatest need.
“Eighteen months later, the nation – or at least its two largest cities – appear to be pulling apart. Requests for additional vaccines, first from Victoria, then from New South Wales, were rejected. The political rhetoric is pernicious.
“On Twitter the debate has become toxic. Friends and colleagues in different states are in open argument. Beloved broadcasters have joined the fray. Reactions – both the frustration of Victorians and the upset of their NSW counterparts – are being policed. No other state can get a look-in.”
from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3fedkhO
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