Doctors are calling for Australian governments to bring back mask mandates and density limits as leaders prepare to meet to discuss the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Serious illnesses like cancer will go undetected with more GPs and private specialists refusing to see patients in person because of a lack of specialised face masks as COVID spreads in South Australia, doctors warn.
Doctors are “confused” about conflicting modelling showing the estimated spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation rates once South Australia opens its borders, saying Government-commissioned data released today appears to contradict SA Health estimates presented to them last week.
Public hospitals are caught in an unending cycle of crisis caused by a funding formula which has failed to arrest a decline in performance over a decade, the Australian Medical Association says in a new report.