Is COVID-19 Elimination A Sustainable Strategy For Australia?

Sydney has been plunged into lockdown again, as health authorities try to stop the growing outbreak caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19. However, an expert from the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security, Dr Amesh Adalja, has warned that Australia’s elimination/eradication strategy is not sustainable. “You have to remember that Covid-19 is not going to go anywhere.” Instead, Dr Adalja says that Australia needs to ramp up its vaccination program to make sure high-risk individuals are protected so the disease becomes more manageable.

COVID-19 is likely to become a seasonal virus according to the expert. Around one quarter of common colds are caused by seasonal coronaviruses, and SARS-CoV-2 could become another. But a greater proportion of Australia’s population will need to be vaccinated to ensure serious disease does not occur. If you are currently eligible for vaccination, please make an appointment, get the jab, and help us all to work towards a safer future.

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