Victorians have been urged to as soon as once more masks up because the state’s Covid-19 instances proceed to rise.
The plea was issued by Greens MP, Dr Tim Read because the variety of new virus infections spiked for the sixth week in a row.
“So the hospital numbers published on Friday were about 550 average over the past week, Victorian hospital beds with Covid patients in them,” Dr Read informed 3AW.
“That’s gone up every week for the previous six weeks, so it’s not ‘like’ the next wave, we’re in the wave now.
“We have to confront it and say ‘what can we do, now?’”
Dr Read mentioned Victorians needs to be aware of weak members of the neighborhood when in public or crowded locations.
“If you get on a tram, you just should wear a mask because there’s a lot of people packed in to a small space,” he mentioned.
“The government needs to be thinking, ‘What can we do to reduce Covid transmission.’”
It comes after the progressive get together known as on the state authorities to start out the “intensive promotion” of some pandemic mandates.
In a convention on Saturday, Dr Read, the Greens’ spokesman for well being, deepened his name on the re-elected Andrews authorities to introduce an “intensive education campaign”.
“The government really needs to introduce an intensive education campaign for people to wear masks indoors or in crowded venues, shops, public transport and to improve air quality,” Dr Read mentioned.
“We’re not seeing enough air purifiers in shops and venues; we need to see more open windows and outdoor events and outdoor dining, and we need to be prepared for further recommendations from the chief health officer.”
In the previous week, Covid numbers throughout Victoria have spiked one other 20 per cent, with greater than 23,000 energetic instances, and greater than 500 folks in hospital with the virus.
