A leading emergency doctor says that, even in the best-case scenario for Omicron, there's going to be big pressure on already busy hospitals.
Latest modelling suggests a peak of 800 people in hospital on any given day at best, but well over 3000 at worst.
College of Emergency Medicine board member John Bonning says this means a hectic few months for emergency departments that have already been crazy-busy with business as usual this week.
He spoke to Susie Ferguson.