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Ambulance Victoria issues code red alert and NSW under ‘unprecedented’ pressure from Omicron wave
Demand for emergency healthcare soars as Covid isolation requirements sideline hundreds of paramedics
Australia’s Omicron wave is placing “unprecedented” pressure on ambulance response times across the country, due to soaring demand for emergency healthcare coinciding with Covid isolation requirements sidelining hundreds of paramedics.
With active infections of Covid-19 across the country exceeding 1 million, Ambulance Victoria issued a code red alert on Tuesday – the second time it has taken the extreme measure in a week – as it grapples with “extremely high demand for ambulances” in metropolitan Melbourne.
Read the original article at The Guardian