With reports of a rising number of Covid cases in the community, the Rockliff Government needs to do much more to ensure the community is protected.
I want to ask a question about COVID. I understand COVID is something no-one wants to talk about any more. It's had an enormous negative impact on us and people want to forget about it and move on. But there is mounting evidence that the health impacts of COVID are growing and not going away, and ignoring the problem won't change that. There is research that links even mild acute COVID infections with population‑wide increases in a large number of chronic diseases, which has huge implications for our health system and increased demand we can expect on services going forward.
Minister, is the government still committed to infection prevention and control across the Tasmanian hospital system, and if so, what is your infection prevention control program?
Yesterday, in what was described as a model for the rest of the country and the world, Victoria followed the science and launched a Pathway to Clear Indoor Air Project that will improve indoor air quality, reduce disease and boost productivity.
With case numbers rising, the Rockliff Liberals should lift the Covid risk level now, so people understand they need to protect their loved ones at Christmas
However, it does mean that we are missing the information we asked for in the committee and we only have one of the years of data.
As the day wore on, he was tilting across the table at a 45-degree angle into his Health secretary and looked like a person who did not want to be there.
Is sick leave now higher than it was a year ago and a year before that, for example? It will be, but I am interested in the data.
Minister, the World Health Organisation reports that people living with disability are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19
As you know, Attorney-General, COVID is a potentially disabling and deadly disease that is a workplace health and safety issue.