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Leaked letter warned of COVID disaster in Aboriginal community of Wilcannia 18 months ago

Aboriginal communities sound the alarm as experts fear COVID numbers will hit 1000

[ABC]

[Jean Kennedy, ABC]

In leaked correspondence obtained by the ABC, the Broken Hill-based Maari Ma Aboriginal Health Corporation wrote to Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt in March 2020 to express concerns about how unprepared western NSW was for a COVID-19 outbreak.

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More than 750 Aboriginal people have contracted COVID since mid-June across NSW, predominantly in the west and far-west of the state.

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