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Anthony Albanese cites mental health concerns as reason for not tightening Covid rules
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Anthony Albanese has defended the government’s reluctance to introduce stricter Covid measures, citing civil disobedience, vaccinations and mental health as reasons not to.
Albanese’s comments on Wednesday evening followed an earlier interview, in which he stopped short of calling for Australians to work from home if they can, as the chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, advised on Tuesday in the face of the rising Covid wave. Albanese said the nation needed a “balance” to also consider the interests of business.
Read the original article at The Guardian