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Federal health minister Greg Hunt has said all the Omicron cases in Australia have been “asymptomatic or very mild”.
Hunt was on Sunrise this morning, saying authorities were “cautiously optimistic”.
Often with diseases ... they become perhaps more transmissible but milder or less severe. If that is the case then that might be a positive direction.
I certainly hope so. He’s a great minister. He’s got a great mind. I think if you speak to people within the Indigenous community, where he used to work, particularly in children’s education, he has a great passion for education.
I’ve always found Alan to be a very honourable and decent man. He’s had an extramarital affair, a consensual one. He’s made a mistake. It’s cost him his marriage. There’s a lot of embarrassment on both sides, I have no doubt.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/dec/03/australia-live-news-update-covid-omicron-nsw-victoria-scott-morrison-labor
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