Coronavirus wave has crested early in Australia

Coronavirus wave has crested early in Australia – but the nation’s top medical adviser has issued some grim news.

Australia’s Covid-19 winter episode might have crested early however the country’s top specialist has cautioned it’s “not the last wave.”

As the country keeps on engaging a great many new Omicron cases, the Prime Minister has likewise moved to promise the country that the most horrendously terrible could be finished.

Wellbeing authorities had anticipated the furthest down the line wave could top in August however the most recent figures propose it’s now beginning to drop off.

While clinic affirmations from Covid are close to the 5000 level they have proactively tumbled from the record 5571 recorded the week before.

“I’m progressively sure we have arrived at the pinnacle,” boss clinical official Paul Kelly said.

“Positively the real information we’re seeing from emergency clinic confirmations is diminishing in all states throughout the course of recent days.

“Be that as it may, this isn’t the last wave. This is the finish of this wave – this is coming towards the finish of this wave, or cresting of this wave, there will be a tail in clinics.

“In any case, this won’t be the last wave. Also, we’ll keep on making arrangements for that.”

Last month, the Albanese government restored the pandemic leave installment for laborers who need to disengage however don’t have wiped out leave.

The leave payment expired on June 30 under a decision by the Morrison government.

The cost of the extension was an estimated $780 million, to be shared on a 50-50 basis with the states.

At the time, the Prime Minister said the health advice was that the new wave is likely to peak next month and then decline.

Earlier today Health Minister Mark Butler said COVID-19 hospitalisations were high, but appeared to be declining.

“The data we’re seeing right now indicates we might have reached the peak earlier than we expected to,” Mr Butler said.

“We’re being a bit cautious about that because what we’ve seen through the pandemic is the ‘school holiday effect’, which shows numbers and transmission takes a slightly different course because of different activity in the school holidays.”