Health authorities are ramping up calls for Australians to get all their COVID-19 jabs amid evidence unvaccinated people are clogging up intensive care wards and straining hospital systems.
Forty people died from the virus over the past 24 hours, including 20 in NSW, 13 in Victoria, three in Queensland, two in South Australia and two in the ACT.
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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
