Dr. George Hatoum article in Australia Today Newspaper
Australian doctor George Hatoum says that the latest figures show more than 12,625 Australians have died from COVID, and more than 5,000 are in hospital with the virus, including 159 in intensive care.
Then, Australia was probably in the worst phase of the pandemic.
“Ninety-five percent of reported cases have been reported this year, 2022,” he said.
The latest international data found that Australia had some of the highest COVID-19-related numbers per capita.
“In the past seven days, Australia has ranked number three in cases per million population,”.
“We [also] ranked number three for deaths per capita, so much higher than the US, UK, France, Germany.”
That’s why Australia does mandate masks in high-risk settings such as aged care, hospitals, and public transport but it was not enough.
“If you look at other countries, a number of countries in Europe still have stronger mask mandates than Australia, and they have a lot higher compliance,”
