Statistics from the Australian Ministry of Health show that in the past week, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country increased by 19.7%, bringing the total number of new Covid-19 cases detected in the past week to more than 38,000 cases, reaching an average of nearly 5,500 cases/day.
Notably, the number of Covid-19 cases in Australia has increased in all states and territories, except the Northern Territory. This fact has led some epidemiologists in this country to predict that Australia is entering the fifth wave of Covid-19.
Professor Robert Booy, a specialist in paediatric infectious diseases, said that because most of the population now has antibodies from having been vaccinated against Covid-19 before or having had the disease, if they do get Covid-19 this time, the disease will be milder and not as severe. Therefore, the fifth wave of Covid-19 in Australia will also be milder than previous outbreaks. However, because this outbreak occurs when Australia enters winter, the weather is colder, and people often stay indoors, we cannot be too subjective.
Previously, the fourth wave of Covid-19 in Australia lasted for 19 weeks and ended in February 2023. Although it lasted for a long time, it was not serious as the number of people hospitalized, requiring intensive care and deaths were all lower than in previous waves. During the fourth wave of Covid-19, Australia did not apply any community epidemic prevention measures and people's lives continued as normal as before the pandemic./.
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