Australia Needs to Rethink COVID Restrictions: Premier

Australia Needs to Rethink COVID Restrictions: Premier
A sign reading 'Go straight home and Isolate' in Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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Australian authorities have been told to rethink COVID-19 policies as the population is growing increasingly tired of health restrictions around the pandemic.

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet told Sky News Australia that authorities need to scrap the mandatory isolation period for COVID-19. This comes just days after the National Cabinet agreed to reduce the isolation period from seven days to five on Aug. 31. Although the reduced isolation period will not come into effect until Sept. 9.

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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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