Doctors warn NSW premier ICU Covid patient numbers not only metric in battling Omicron

Medical staff are quitting their jobs due to exhaustion as they face third year of pandemic, RACP chief says

Health workers have warned that intensive care numbers are not the only metric the NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, should be considering as he resists mask mandates, with senior clinicians warning staff are exhausted and even quitting their jobs altogether as they face a third year of Covid.

Respiratory physician and president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Prof John Wilson, called for state and territory governments to reintroduce or maintain mandatory mask wearing, QR code check-ins, and restrictions on numbers of people at indoor public venues where Covid is spreading.

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Source: The Guardian