SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is on track to record its second straight day of zero COVID-19 local cases, helped by stricter restrictions on public movement and internal borders, but authorities have continued to impose persuade more people to be tested to keep an eye on unfamiliar issues.
Australia has been trying to eradicate a new virus since last month with affected areas locked up and masks made in-house but disease rates appear to have stabilized after cases. low in the last few days.
New South Wales (NSW), the most populous state in the country, said it could soon reduce restrictions if test numbers rise as more tests could help detect all unknown diseases.
“We will not have the confidence to move forward and these will ease until we have the highest levels of testing, but we are on the right track,” NSW state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters.
The state of Queensland, which came out of a three-day lockdown in the Brisbane state capital earlier in the week to help prevent the spread of a highly contagious new COVID-19 variable, reported, her third straight day with no local issues.
Victoria, Australia ‘s second – largest living state, continued with a well – run for the ninth day, while NSW did not report for the second straight day.
The virus has been effectively eradicated in other states and regions and the majority of cases in returning foreign travelers are found in hotel quarantine.
Australia has reported a total of just over 28,600 cases of COVID-19 and 909 deaths since the outbreak began, with border closures and rapid tracking systems helping to keep numbers relatively low. (Graphic: tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi)
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