Top doctor urges Canberrans to wear masks as elective surgeries cancelled

Canberrans should consider using masks indoors, the Australian Medical Association says, as the city's hospital beds are increasingly being taken up by people hospitalised with COVID-19.

Association ACT president Professor Walter Abhayaratna said elective surgeries will be postponed as beds are taken up by the 80 people hospitalised with COVID-19 in the ACT.