Health warning after spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria
Alesha as you mentioned a really rapid rise in COVID hospitalisations but ahead of that a rise in flu numbers as well. So the warning from the health department has been especially for our over 60 fives babies as well and anyone who is vulnerable to these sorts of illnesses to take extra care. And for the rest of us, if we do fall, I’ll to make sure we follow the directions around mask wearing and steer clear of those who are susceptible to to these illnesses. It is not a new strain of COVID Alicia but certainly these jumpers have that these these jump in numbers has really even surprised the health department. We have seen the numbers of people in hospital increase, we’ve seen that go up by about 30% in the last week, so quite rapid. And the number of RSV cases has risen rapidly too. And this is an illness that pregnant women and babies are very susceptible to. We know that the outcome there can be really heartbreaking to watch. So we’ve been told to take extra care with those illnesses as well with mask wearing. It is not a community wide direction to wear mask wearing like we’ve seen in the past, but certainly to take extra care.