Australian Government Mobilises 150,000 Private Health Workers to Deal With Omicron Outbreak

Travelers receive tests COVID-19 at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new Omicron variant, outside the international terminal at Sydney Airport in Australia, on Nov. 29, 2021. Loren Elliott/Reuters

The Australian federal government will mobilise 57,000 nurses and 100,000 health workers from the private sector in its fight against the Omicron strain of COVID-19.

The government activated an agreement made in April 2020, which makes available private health workers to deal with the pandemic.