{"id":65277,"date":"2021-12-22T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T04:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=65277"},"modified":"2021-12-22T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T04:18:10","slug":"pm-announces-the-latest-following-emergency-national-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/pm-announces-the-latest-following-emergency-national-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Announces The Latest Following Emergency National Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken about the response to the Omicron COVID variant following a National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/david-and-will\/fiveaa-summer-breakfast-22-december-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"FIVEAA Summer Breakfast - 22 December 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the PM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8211; No mandate but wearing masks indoors is \u201chighly recommended\u201d.<\/p><p>&#8211; State facilities will be ramped back up to support vaccination program. Payments to GPs and pharmacies will increase.<\/p><p>&#8211; No change to booster shot timing. PM says that is a decision for immunisation experts.<\/p><p>&#8211; PM reiterates there will be no return to lockdowns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F7NEWSAdelaide%2Fvideos%2F1818526788356207%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken about the response to the Omicron COVID variant following a National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. 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