Australian Politics News Live: Scott Morrison speaks; NSW Reports 818 Covid Cases, Three Deaths; Victoria takes stock of 71 recorded cases | Australia News

We’re just going to have to accept it. And that confronts us in Australia, because until now we didn’t have to deal with a large number of cases.
In a situation where we were able to deal with previous strains of COVID.
But what is, I think, interesting and telling is that last year when Victoria went through a very difficult time, the death rate was much higher because the vaccine was not available.
And now we see the potency of the vaccine, and that’s why, I just urge people not to have the emotional roller coaster of the number of cases every day.
It’s so easy to get on and off, depending on the changing case numbers. But what is really important for us is to focus on increasing the number of vaccines.
… I also recognize that every state will have to go through this transition in one way or another. Because once you open your border, we cannot live in isolation forever.
We are one of the few nations on the planet to still live in isolation.
But once you start opening your border every state will see the number of cases and that’s why we just need to get used to the fact that our goal during the pandemic is to keep people safe and healthy and to keep them safe and healthy. keep out of hospital, but trying to return to normal life as soon as possible.