Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[bcworld]

7 day lockdown confirmed in ACT:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1425631560334602242

 

[nickykim]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1425625395647303687

Is it too early to hope this is a plateau?

 

[Must...Fly!]

Is it too early to hope this is a plateau?

Sadly, probably. I thought it had plateaued in the high 100-low 200 region but now has hit a consistently higher level. I feel there is little reason to believe that couldn't happen again.

 

[Seat0B]

ACT lockdown from 5pm tonight

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Is it too early to hope this is a plateau?

My view is that Sydney won't see 100 again.....

It might plateau at 500 - there is a whisper of NSW Police redrafting health orders this week to make it more enforceable - it might have some effect on compliance.

 

[33kft]

Is it too early to hope this is a plateau?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1425631892703903745

 

[Seat0B]

Canberra told 'stay in your region' after man in 20s tests positive

The ACT will enter a seven-day lockdown.

www.canberratimes.com.au

 

[burmans]

First fully vaccinated death in Australia.

Pfizer too, cue for the anti vaccination nutters to claim Pfizer doesn’t work.

 

[OATEK]

My view is that Sydney won't see 100 again.....

It might plateau at 500 - there is a whisper of NSW Police redrafting health orders this week to make it more enforceable - it might have some effect on compliance.

More than a whisper - clearly spoken about at the presser.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

More than a whisper - clearly spoken about at the presser.

ABC blog haven't picked up on it yet...........I was half listening to the NSW authorities press conference and didn't get a solid confirmation - to me it sounded like everyone talking around it.

It would be much nicer to directly hear "We are redrafting the public health orders and they will be released on xx_ and enforceable from YYY"

 

[Pushka]

Part of the problem with that is that many people live outside the borders of the Territory and commute in and out of it constantly as part of daily life.

Yep. Many Defence Force personnel work in Canberra and live in NSW

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser.

Re the QF flight. 2 female passengers arrived without a permit and were taken to HQ, where they later tested positive.

 

[Pushka]

The deaths of the vaccinated person - was he in his nineties?

 

[RAM]

This is the sneak peak of the NSW cabinet discussion about implementing a ring of steel - very very heated!

Two days ago I was rung for a phone survey. Many questions about how well Fed Govt is doing with CV, how well NSW Govt doing with CV.

Do you support lockdown in Sydney. 3rd last question - would you support a 'ring of steel' around Sydney?

Forget the medical advice - is NSW being run by the private polling results?

Have any other NSW based AFFers had similar calls this outbreak?

 

[Must...Fly!]

The deaths of the vaccinated person - was he in his nineties?

Yes

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Two days ago I was rung for a phone survey. Many questions about how well Fed Govt is doing with CV, how well NSW Govt doing with CV.

Do you support lockdown in Sydney. 3rd last question - would you support a 'ring of steel' around Sydney?

Forget the medical advice - is NSW being run by the private polling results?

Have any other NSW based AFFers had similar calls this outbreak?

There have been snippets of all governments polling on this issue....I think I specifically heard Qld and Vic as well

 

[Pushka]

Yes

So that fact would to me be more important than anything else. Of course sad for the family but for my family where the oldest parent lived to be 86 - and one as young as 54, well. I dunno anymore.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser:

ABC News: VIC contact tracers investigate Glenroy mystery cases​

Seventeen of the 21 new local cases are linked to the current outbreaks.​

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Mr Weimar said there were three cases across two "entirely separate and unconnected" households in Glenroy.​

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Mr Weimar said there was no acquisition source for those cases, which included a child who attended Glenroy West Primary School.​

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23 cases. 2 acquired interstate and both in HQ.

21 local cases.

• 10 Al Taqwa = 1students 3 teachers and 6 household members
• Newton Football cluster -1 player and 3 household contacts
• Caroline Springs Shopping Centre Cluster- 3 household contacts
• 1 new case from inner north- Not yet linked but there are some likely social contacts
• 3 cases from 2 households in Glenroy (see above) - not linked.

 

[bcworld]

ACT exposures sites...good effort making it to church!

 

[SydneySwan]

So that fact would to me be more important than anything else. Of course sad for the family but for my family where the oldest parent lived to be 86 - and one as young as 54, well. I dunno anymore.

I agree. No-one in my immediate family has ever ascended to the lofty heights of the 90s. My mother made 58 and my father 65. One of my grandparents made their way into their late 70s. Without wishing to sound harsh I always feel somewhat bemused when someone dying in their 90s is described as a tragedy as I always regard it as a major achievement to get so far and their life should be celebrated.

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I just watched what I think was the ACT CHO at the ACT presser. ACT have 1 case. Did anyone else think she seemed a bit panicked?