I guess we don't know if it's how bad it is until we know the proportion fully vaccinated. If the all cases were vaccinated, then it is probably going to lead to a much better outcome than if only 50% of those 11 were vaccinated.
It would seem some of the recent outbreaks in aged care homes with high levels of vaccinations have turned out better, than say a flu outbreak in such homes in 2019.
Cases of COVID-19 are surging in a Newcastle aged care home with 12 people testing positive to the virus as the Premier says the region is unlikely to come out of lockdown at midnight tomorrow.
The new cases at the Hawkins Masonic Village in Edgeworth come after a worker at the site tested positive on Monday, having exposed 62 residents and 33 staff to the virus.
Frank Price the CEO of RFBI which runs the Hawkins Masonic Village in Edgeworth said 10 of the 11 residents were fully vaccinated.
All have been transported to hospital as a precaution.
The new cases will be represented in tomorrow's official COVID-19 figures from NSW Health.
Cases likely to grow
Mr Price said he expects the number of cases at the facility will grow because the second staff member, who was unvaccinated, worked throughout last week and Monday morning, potentially exposing more residents and staff members.
"To be quite realistic I think the likelihood of more COVID-19 positive cases is a real possibility," he said.
"We are testing all of our residents and all of our staff members this afternoon."
Brad Hazzard very irritated about the Byron guy, and treading cautiously not to mess with the investigation. Sounds like he was really up to no good... and I don't expect that just means being an anti-vaxxer, or taking a look at real estate. I'm going to take a stab and say he was out of a high risk LGA and attempting to distribute a substance or more from a stagnated Sydney market into Byron and GC areas. Apparently he may have tried to escape from the hospital overnight as well.
Recent updates to this matter suggest I was being a little too pessimistic regarding the Byron bloke... turns out he is just another anti-vaxxer pest with no regard for anyone, including his own kids. Hope the locals lock him out of the property market up there. Though to be fair, a number of his kind aren't far away from it...
Recent updates to this matter suggest I was being a little too pessimistic regarding the Byron bloke... turns out he is just another anti-vaxxer pest with no regard for anyone, including his own kids. Hope the locals lock him out of the property market up there. Though to be fair, a number of his kind aren't far away from it...
Not saying it's not there - but you've got to make it easy for people. Most of the contact tracing locations coming out are still pre-lockdown (we are about a week behind) so some have many areas to check.
Most of the Newcastle based MPs are developing their own lists just with the Newcastle locations. I'd say the average person are just using them and not the official source, which I think is a problem as there's a lot of room for duplication errors and the additional time for these non-official lists to be published.
There's 69 locations listed for Greater Newcastle, we're not just talking about a handful of locations here. It's really easy to miss them if you search suburb by suburb (eg if you think your shopping centre is in one suburb but legally it's in the adjacent one)
Iceland an oddity, super Vax rate, but their population less than Tasmania & just above Geelong.
I don't know their target, hospital rate etc etc circumstances etc
We'll all have Delta once we open up, no doubting that even at 100% vac rate we'd have Delta & any other variants that show their face.
80% our target for as close to herd immunity as possible, Doherty Institute research indicate this.
Gov will not at 80% say, oh no we need 85% or add T&C's, no chance.
If & looking like 80% is hit prior to Fed Election, the PM would just shoot any chance he has of re-election (technically not re-election I know) if he didn't open.
Cases irrelevant by then, hospital & ICU cases the keys.
And that's why I don't expect the borders to open by April next year.
Also don't forget once 80% vaccination rate of adults is reached, the government can then change goalposts and say 80% of teenagers + adults, and then 80% of children 4 years or over etc, as those vaccines are getting TGA approvals to be used in children. Hence I cannot see it happening until after federal election at earliest.
If you don't like the standard option maybe try something like: COVID-19 Near Me
Obviously the problem of delayed adding of exposure sites would be the same as I think these just scrape data from the government website, but the mobile experience is probably better.
If you don't like the standard option maybe try something like: COVID-19 Near Me
Obviously the problem of delayed adding of exposure sites would be the same as I think these just scrape data from the government website, but the mobile experience is probably better.
I think Walgett has a substantial indigenous community...from ABC
COVID positive case in Walgett, Western NSW
From NSW Health:
A person currently in Walgett has tested positive for COVID-19.
The person was tested on 7 August, returning a positive result today. They are considered to have potentially been infectious from 5 August.
The person is also known to have been in Dubbo and Bathurst during their infectious period.
Investigations and contact tracing are underway.
Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms is urged to come forward for testing. Additional testing capacity will be provided in Walgett from tomorrow, Thursday 12 August opening at 9am at Alex Trevallion Park, enter via Castlereagh Highway, exit to Pitt Street.
Additional testing capacity is already available in Dubbo at the Showground (enter via Wingewarra Street) and at the COVIDSAFE clinic at the Manera Plaza, 77 Myall Street.
Additional testing capacity is now available at the Mount Panorama testing clinic in Bathurst.
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Have you tried looking at Covid Live? Click on NSW then click on “map” you can order the list on the side by date added or exposure date or zoom in on the map of your area
Have you tried looking at Covid Live? Click on NSW then click on “map” you can order the list on the side by date added or exposure date or zoom in on the map of your area
Just tried as you suggested - it takes you to the NSW website (which also has a map) or covid19 near me (to which bcworld referred).
I know there is not much activity across Sydney/NSW. I guess I'm thinking for someone like a food distribution or delivery worker (critical workforce) whose job is deliveries to a number of sites across Sydney on the one day. Its going to be hard for them to follow each day, even with a QR check in. Given contact tracing is a bit slow, one doesn't know whether those delays also impact on actual activation of the SMS alerts.
Bathurst jail locked down after inmate tests positive to COVID-19
Bathurst jail has been placed into precautionary lockdown after a prisoner who was in custody over the weekend tested positive to COVID-19.
Corrective Services says the positive case is a 27-year-old inmate who arrived at the centre on Saturday before being granted bail and released on Monday.
A number of inmates have been placed into isolation as a result, while contact tracers work to determine how many staff are close contacts.
That's a worry. I could sort of understand the locations further east but Walgett is in the middle of bugger all. Is NSW doing anything to protect their regions?!
That's a worry. I could sort of understand the locations further east but Walgett is in the middle of bugger all. Is NSW doing anything to protect their regions?!
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