‘All of us are going to be exposed’ to Omicron, Queensland chief health officer warns

State reports 4,249 new Covid cases as concerns mount about rising infections in remote Indigenous communities

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Queensland's chief health officer has said all of us are going to be exposed" to Covid-19 in the coming weeks, as concerns mount about increasing case numbers in the state's remote Indigenous communities.

Outbreaks of the Omicron variant have now taken hold in Cherbourg and Palm Island, which both have relatively low vaccination rates compared with the wider population.