The Australian government are being out under “increasing pressure” to reintroduce mask mandates nationwide as the number of Covid related deaths continues to rise.
Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said in an interview with 4BC radio that the possibility of reintroducing mask mandates was currently being “discussed”.
"I can say that nationally, there is increasing pressure, there is a school of thought that we should be mandating masks again," he said.
The call for mask mandates comes as the country reports a total of 34,931 new cases within the last 24 hours.
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