アイルランド発（datelined. Ireland）： Sydney hospitals under pressure
２０２１年８月２５日（Wed.）21:00UP ： 世界中で感染の拡大は収まっていないようです。（ニュースソース： RTE ８月２５日発 ）
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Sydney hospitals under pressure as daily infections hit record high
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Australian health authorities have urged people to get vaccinated
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Sydney's Covid-19 infections have hit a daily record, putting parts of the health system there under pressure.
Health officials called for vaccinations to be stepped up to stem the tide of hospital admissions.
Despite two months of lockdowns in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) state reported 919 new cases amid a growing Delta variant outbreak, taking Australia's daily case numbers to a new pandemic high just below 1,000.
A total of 113 people in the state are in intensive care, with 98 of those unvaccinated.
"This highlights ... the fact that vaccination is the key. We need to increase those vaccine coverage levels," said NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant.
Australia, grappling to control a third wave of the coronavirus, has locked down more than half of its 25m population, including its largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and is accelerating an initially sluggish vaccine roll-out.
Around 31% of people aged over 16 have been fully vaccinated, while 54% have had at least one dose.
Westmead Hospital, one of the largest in Sydney's hard-hit western suburbs, has reduced ambulance arrivals for Covid-19 patients for 24 hours and shifted critical patients to other hospitals.
Asked about the changes, state Health Minister Brad Hazzard acknowledged the health system is working under pressure but said the situation is still manageable.
"Westmead Hospital is typical of the sorts of pressures you would expect when you got a major hospital in the middle of the epicentre of the virus outbreak," he said.
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