AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers

AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers ‘I don’t know how far [politicians] can let the numbers go while still saying we don’t need mask mandates,’ Omar Khorshid says the Guardian

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Dr Omar Khorshid said the hospital numbers had become “pretty scary”, especially as thousands of health workers are furloughed due to infection. There were 821 Covid cases in Victorian hospitals as of Monday, a 99% increase since 22 June. In New South Wales, there were 2,205, while in Queensland, hospital admissions have exceeded modelling projections...