Greater Sydney SARS-CoV-2 Observations from the 16th of June to the 13th of July

Authors

  • Haley Stone University of New South Wales
  • Samsung Lim University of New South Wales
  • Mohana Kunasekaran University of New South Wales
  • Rick Nunes-Vaz Flinders University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.125

Keywords:

Covid-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, epidemic, pandemic, infectious disease, Delta variant, Sydney

Abstract

The Greater Sydney region is undergoing an outbreak of a COVID-19 Delta variant, which is much more transmissible than the variants we have observed in previous outbreaks in Australia. The aim of this report is to analyse the outbreak and the current impacts of the non-pharmaceutical interventions. While earlier results indicated that interventions were decreasing the growth rate, it has since been increasing with new hot spot clusters arising daily.

Author Biography

Rick Nunes-Vaz, Flinders University

Rick Nunes-Vaz retired from the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group in 2016 after a decade leading DST Group’s support to Defence and several of Australia’s national security agencies in strategic risk analysis for resource allocation. He currently works part-time as a Professor with the Torrens Resilience Institute of Flinders University, researching the development of resilience in complex socio-technical systems that have the potential for cascading failure.

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Published

2021-07-18

How to Cite

Stone, H., Lim, S. ., Kunasekaran, M., & Nunes-Vaz, R. (2021). Greater Sydney SARS-CoV-2 Observations from the 16th of June to the 13th of July . Global Biosecurity, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.125

Issue

Vol. 3 (2021)

Section

Research Articles

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Received 2021-07-15
Accepted 2021-07-15
Published 2021-07-18