Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[N860CR]

More privileges.......sigh, trying to jump the queue so tradies/constructions sites can work.

Privileges? Going to work is a privilege?

 

[Must...Fly!]

Byron Bay wastewater detections

https://twitter.com/x/status/1418178696163168260

COVID in that geographic area could be a real issue.

‘No mask, we don’t ask’: COVID sparks conflict in Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital

Health authorities have failed to counter vaccine hesitancy and refusal in Mullumbimby, a town in northern NSW known as Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Princess Fiona]

COVID in that geographic area could be a real issue.

‘No mask, we don’t ask’: COVID sparks conflict in Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital

Health authorities have failed to counter vaccine hesitancy and refusal in Mullumbimby, a town in northern NSW known as Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital.

www.theage.com.au

The sewage detection doesn’t include Mullumbimby.
I’d imagine there are many wealthy greater Sydney residents or prominent temporary residents here on economic exemptions as film etc who may have second homes / holiday homes in the area that the sewage detection includes.
I hope I’m wrong

 

[Hillbilly64]

Byron is in the Queensland bubble. There has been times when the border bubble has been Tweed LGA only the current bubble is quite large stretching to Grafton south.

It is large this time but a lot stricter. Last time we could move around the bubble for any reason..this time it's only for specific reasons and excludes holidays/visiting friends ...

 

[NM]

Well done to the ABC this morning while reporting the case of a Qantas flight attendant who has tested positive and flew two sectors in regional Queensland - BNE-LRE and LRE-BNE. Someone must have googled "Qantas Longreach" and taken the first image they found for the picture to accompany the story. Yep, you guessed it. Its been a while since one them landed in Longreach . Might need a very big testing clinic in Longreach today to test all of those passengers.

 

[NM]

Now the picture has been updated. Downsized the aircraft, but still not a regular visitor to LRE ...


I guess a smaller testing clinic at Longreach might cope with potential cases from the flight now that its been revised from a 747-400 to a 737-800.

 

[Must...Fly!]

To think I was going to cancel my trip to LRE in August today. Maybe best to leave it for a few days, I feel the local motels will be run off their feet with cancellations....despite the obvious fact the attendant travelled on July 11.

 

[Pushka]

To think I was going to cancel my trip to LRE in August today. Maybe best to leave it for a few days, I feel the local motels will be run off their feet with cancellations....despite the obvious fact the attendant travelled on July 11.

That's the thing. It's well over the usual incubation time which seems to be 5 - 8 days at the most. It's now 12 days!

 

[bcworld]

Vic update:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1418345710840209408

 

[NM]

To think I was going to cancel my trip to LRE in August today. Maybe best to leave it for a few days, I feel the local motels will be run off their feet with cancellations....despite the obvious fact the attendant travelled on July 11.

Yep, and you would expect that if anyone who lives in Longreach or other regional centres who was to catch it from the FA would likely have presented somewhere with symptoms by now. The FA did not stay in Longreach, just a turn-around flight there and back from Brisbane. What does not seem to be clear yet is did this FA make any other trips anywhere since 11th July? I assume QantasLink FAs only operate QantasLink flight? Hopefully the risk was indeed limited to the one turn-around operation on that date.

 

[jase05]

Think we will see further restrictions in NSW from today. Numbers out in the wild don’t seem to be trending the right way

 

[hydrabyss]

Vic update:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1418345710840209408

At what point will they lift the lockdown. Is it a number of days after no cases not in isolation. Which will likely still see another extension.

 

[NM]

It must be too hard to find a suitable picture of a QF Link Dash-8, so they gave up. Version 3 of the story:

 

[jakeseven7]

Yep, and you would expect that if anyone who lives in Longreach or other regional centres who was to catch it from the FA would likely have presented somewhere with symptoms by now. The FA did not stay in Longreach, just a turn-around flight there and back from Brisbane. What does not seem to be clear yet is did this FA make any other trips anywhere since 11th July? I assume QantasLink FAs only operate QantasLink flight? Hopefully the risk was indeed limited to the one turn-around operation on that date.

Looks like QLD dodges another bullet! (again) We don’t seem to get unlucky with super spreaders much….

 

[Must...Fly!]

Fat chance of that! In the meantime, South Australians are clapping their hands and singing along, just as teacher asks. And tidying their sock drawers while the government looks for Wally.

Not just South Australians.

 

[bcworld]

Qld QF flight attendant had symptoms 8 days before getting tested.

Operated 6 flights.

Has Delta variant genomically sequenced to NSW cluster.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Qld QF flight attendant had symptoms 8 days before getting tested.

Operated 6 flights.

Has Delta variant genomically sequenced to NSW cluster.

And on these routes..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1418354838291636225

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Yikes..

By Nicholas McElroy

When did the latest Queensland case get tested for COVID-19?​

Dr Young said the woman started showing symptoms on July 13 and she got tested for COVID-19 on July 21.

 

[jb747]

I assume QantasLink FAs only operate QantasLink flight?

There is no crossover into mainline, so they'd only operate on QLink. Qlink itself isn't one company either, so it would be a subset of it.

Qld QF flight attendant had symptoms 8 days before getting tested.

Operated 6 flights.

Has Delta variant genomically sequenced to NSW cluster.

Was she vaccinated? If not, then why not?

 

[bcworld]

Was she vaccinated? If not, then why not?

Not sure if that was mentioned in the press conference...can't hear the questions.