Scientists say Australia’s hardest-hit states are ‘probably through the worst’ as cases are ‘levelling off’; Covid cases have sharply declined in Africa for the first time since discovery of Omicron, WHO says
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While we are on the topic of New Zealand, the island nation is reporting 23 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases and 44 cases identified at the border.
The seven day rolling average of community cases stands at 22 while the seven day rolling average of border cases is 40.
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Source: The Guardian