Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the figures of 200,000 cases a day from the Doherty Institute modelling represent “a very unlikely, extreme case scenario”.
“We saw similar numbers at the start of the COVID pandemic, which were never realised,” he told Seven’s Sunrise program this morning.
“The Chief Medical Officer and I just want to assure people that those sort of numbers aren’t what we’re expecting. They are extreme case scenarios.
“But what all of this work tells us that is necessary is, of course, we’ve got to go out there and we’ve got to get those boosters. We had over 200,000 vaccines that were done yesterday. That’s more than doubled over the course of the last two weeks.
“That’s very important. And, of course, we’ve kept all the primary care networks in place for GPs and pharmacists. I want to thank everybody for going out there, and particularly our GPs and pharmacists.”
He said Australians should wear a mask indoors in public areas, wash their hands and take out precautions.
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