Delta variant could kill more than 25,000 if Australia lifts restrictions at current targets: new modelling

Harley Dennett
August 24 2021 - 12:00am
Scott Morrison said Australia should not wait for case to reach zero before opening up. Picture: Keegan Carroll
Scott Morrison said Australia should not wait for case to reach zero before opening up. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia's national plan to relax Covid restrictions risks a catastrophic death toll, new modelling shows, as the Prime Minister and NSW Premier continue to talk up easing restrictions before the community is protected.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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