Of people infected in the latest coronavirus outbreak, 73 are essential workers.
And if that number grows, it could have major implications for how the country gets through the latest chapter in the pandemic, Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy says.
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"The big concern is we get an outbreak in that network of essential workers, obviously across supermarket chains for instance," Hendy said on Sunday.
"They key thing would be to see whether that number is growing."