Since Premier Peter Gutwein has abandoned critical measures at contact tracing to halt the spread of COVID-19, he now needs to tell Tasmanians what his plan is.
Acting Labor Leader Anita Dow said now that the Premier's Delta Shield Plan appeared to have gone out the window, it was critical that he provide immediate clarity to Tasmanians about what measures he was taking now he has opened the border to Coronavirus.
"The Premier has had months and months to plan for this and he has told Tasmanians repeatedly things are going to plan - it's about time he told Tasmanians exactly plan his government is actually working to," Ms Dow said.
"Tasmanians were led to believe they would be kept safe with the Delta plan that was released in August but this week the Premier has abandoned the critical component of that plan around contact tracing.
"The plan promised Tasmanians that we would have access to 200 contact tracers from a national pool should the need arise.
"The need is now here. With almost 400 active cases now in Tasmania, there is an immediate need for increased contact tracing.
"This may have been what the Premier and government expected but it's not what Tasmanians expected.
"If the Delta plan is null and void, what is the plan?
"It's extremely important during this time of uncertainty, with the spread of COVID rapidly escalating, that Peter Gutwein provides timely and accurate information, specifically around how many of the cases in Tasmania have been recorded through community transmission and how many of them have been identified as the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
"Now is the time for him to outline in detail what his plan is to combat the virus."
Anita Dow MP
Acting Labor Leader
