A community sign on the outskirts of the mainly Barkindji town of Wilcannia in far Western NSW is one of the few remaining bits evidence of the COVID crisis experienced there in late 2021.
More than 150 cases of the Delta variant were recorded during last year’s breakout in the small town of only 720 people, making it the highest rate of transmission in NSW. The outbreak has been linked to passing visitors and tourists who pass through on their way to Broken Hill.
Leaked letters suggested that the Federal Government was warned about the vulnerability of Wilcannia to COVID, yet failed to act.
Part of an ongoing series, ‘COVID-19 Diaries’.
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