Oh, that's OK then. We've got COVID brought in on the tennis charters, we've got breaches of quarantine ...
Move along folks, nothing to see here 
, just another day in Victoria (who one would think would be rather sensitive to non essential introduction of the virus from overseas then quarantine breaches, given the tragic history there).
Actually with HQ yes it is just another day in Victoria and probably all locations that have HQ now in Australia. Everyone has lifted their game and that is a good thing.
I think that we have all read of enuough breaches of quarantine rules throughout Australia to know that people in quarantine will not always do what they need, to do or should do, for all sorts of reasons including thoughtless action as well as deliberate breaches (ie
Alleged Perth quarantine breacher threatened to 'walk out' of hotel, called for help online or the essentail worker quarantining in Adelaide who had young lady "visit" him this fuelling an outbreak ), and as breaches go these were described as low level ones. Though ones that yes needed to be stamped out.
That they were detected as they occurred and before any mixing could occur I personally see that as a reassuring as it means that the controls are working, and that good protocols are in place.
A player opened his door to try to have a conversation with a training partner down the hallway, while a non-player shouted Uber Eats to others on the floor and opened the door to "praise his great efforts".
So the people that did it were detected, stopped before any possible transmission could occur and reminded what the consequences would be if they breach another rule.
And as for Covid Cases on incoming flights for the AO.
Are you actually surprised that there were positive cases amongst the people that flew in? I would have been surprised if no positive cases were detected.
With 1200 people plus aircrews flying there have been so far 3 Covid Cases amongst the passengers and one amongst the aircrew. The planning has been to assume that everyone who arrives is infectious, but to also try and minimise the number of people who are infectious that do actually arrive. While we would all love zero cases that is not going to happen with a large cohort.
- Cases per 1000 in HQ arrivals to date is 36.3 in Australia
- Cases per 1000 HQ arrivals for the AO to date is 3.3 (Includes the two today including the latest case detailed just below) 14 day quarantine not yet up and so may increase) The new pre-flight tests meant that at least another 5/1000 were refused permission to fly.
Aircrew is separate, but stats on them are not known, and they have only been routinely tested very recently.
Move along folks, nothing to see here? Again you have an interesting way of looking at things.
It is everything to see here, reassurance that things are working and a very public message as well to remind everyone to follow the rules.
New AO case. So 5 in total with 4 pax and 1 aircrew.
I note that they arrived early on the 16th, and that this result seems to have come out very late on the 17th. This may mean that as players are tested daily (which normal HQ does not do) that this result may well be from a Day 2 test.
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