CANBERRA, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), warned that vaccines alone will not be enough to keep the country COVID-safe in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AAHMS, which comprised of more than 400 researchers, today published a report, providing advice on the next steps in Australia’s pandemic response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It called for the “ongoing implementation of comprehensive public health measures” including high levels of testing and mask wearing, contact tracing and mandatory quarantine periods for international arrivals and positive cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It urged governments to continue the prevention and treatment of long-term health issues related to the pandemic with a focus on mental health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the latest figures updated last night, from the Department of Health, there had been 28,039 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. And the numbers of locally and overseas acquired cases in the last seven days were zero and 68, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“By any global measure the Australian approach has been a spectacular success,” Tania Sorrell, an infectious disease researcher and chair of the committee that produced the report, said, in a media release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But this has come at significant cost and, as the second wave in Victoria showed, success can be very fragile.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the review, the academy identified four areas for priority attention, including the need to create effective systems and capabilities to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics.– NNN-AGENCIES <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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