New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has called for a reduction in the seven-day isolation period adding that the winter influenza virus currently posed a bigger issue than COVID-19.
“In many cases at the moment, the current strand of influenza is more severe than the current strands of COVID,” the premier told 2GB radio.
He later added that the state was currently experiencing “one of the worst flu seasons we’ve ever had” and urged people to get a flu shot.
Perrottet also advocated for reducing the mandatory isolation period after a person tests positive for COVID-19, noting that health advice states COVID will remain for at least a “couple of years.”…