Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Denali]

ce weekly communiques where we will be providing information about respiratory clinics, pathology testing, PPE, temporary MBS telemedicine items and the like. You will also be given details of the planned weekly webinars on COVID-19 that we will be conducting.
No-one can accurately predict how the COVID-19 outbreak will develop in Australia. Our collective response has to be flexible and collaborative.
The Australian Government has committed t

Thank you. I will admit that yesterday was a bit of a day for me, over anxious and teary - I think I was in hyper info overload.

 

[jakeseven7]

Thank you. I will admit that yesterday was a bit of a day for me, over anxious and teary - I think I was in hyper info overload.

Stop reading social media and commercial news is a great start to help with that. You have to realise that Facebook and the news sites MAKE MONEY from spreading absolute sensationalist cough that people click on.

Even a lot of these AFF corona threads (although better than Facebook) are full of absolute rubbish which is disappointing, but we are not immune and AFF has to make money too.

Just need to focus on the things you can control and don't worry about the things you can't.

As others have pointed out and repeated - personal hygiene, social distancing and refrain from touching your face and eyes is a HUGE thing that everyone can to do limit their chances of picking up what appears to be for a huge majority of people a mild flu like infection.

Hope this helps

 

[Tropic]

but we are not immune

Indeed we are not...

 

[amaroo]

The school has sent an email with a 7 point checklist - tick yes to any and you must leave the school grounds and have a full medical clearance before you can return

The one that interested me... makes perfect sense, but it's the first time I can recall these names popup.

Have you recently travelled to or returned from a moderate risk Country - Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore or Thailand.

 

[Denali]

What if Singapore was just for transit?

 

[amaroo]

What if Singapore was just for transit?

No tuck shop for you.

 

[TheRealTMA]

France tells citizens cocaine cannot protect against coronavirus

A number of myths and conspiracy theories have emerged since outbreak began

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Pushka]

France tells citizens cocaine cannot protect against coronavirus

A number of myths and conspiracy theories have emerged since outbreak began

www.independent.co.uk

Dammit!

 

[RooFlyer]

France tells citizens cocaine cannot protect against coronavirus

A number of myths and conspiracy theories have emerged since outbreak began

www.independent.co.uk

Well just bugger, is all I can say. Going to Paris today.

BTW the Louvre is only admitting people with on line reservations, to limit numbers. on line reservations capped but I don’t know the numbers.

 

[TheRealTMA]

This is interesting.

Coronavirus can travel twice as far as official ‘safe distance’, study says

Health authorities advise people to stay 1-2 metres apart, but researchers found that a bus passenger infected fellow travellers sitting 4.5 metres away.

www.scmp.com

 

[jase05]

Adelaide now has a drive-thru coronavirus testing station at the Repat. Patients will need a referral from a doctor but can head to the drive-thru clinic where swabs will be taken and sent for testing.

 

[tgh]

sorta messes up the no mask needed message…

 

[Denali]

Adelaide now has a drive-thru coronavirus testing station at the Repat. Patients will need a referral from a doctor but can head to the drive-thru clinic where swabs will be taken and sent for testing.

I know more about SA than my own state. Does Sydney have clinics and drive thrus?

 

[jase05]

I know more about SA than my own state. Does Sydney have clinics and drive throughs?

I believe we are the first in the country
Heard about it on the radio this morning but now there is an article on it aswell

First 'drive-thru' coronavirus testing station opens in South Australia - ABC News

amp.abc.net.au

 

[Pushka]

I believe we are the first in the country
Heard about it on the radio this morning but now there is an article on it aswell

First 'drive-thru' coronavirus testing station opens in South Australia - ABC News

amp.abc.net.au

This makes three dedicated clinics attached to hospitals and a drive thru. It seems very well managed and staffed by experienced personnel. The masks always have to be removed for testing.....

 

[jakeseven7]

sorta messes up the no mask needed message…

Beginning to think you own a mask factory from all your comments....Save them for the doctors/nurses and patients.

 

[tgh]

you own a mask factory..

I wish.. it is an ill wind indeed that blows nobody any good.. mask makers will be rolling in it….

 

[pauly7]

you own a mask factory..

I wish.. it is an ill wind indeed that blows nobody any good.. mask makers will be rolling in it….

Given a lot of the worldwide medical mask makers are in Hubai province and even Wuhan the only thing they are rolling in is the virus unfortunately.

 

[drron]

This makes three dedicated clinics attached to hospitals and a drive thru. It seems very well managed and staffed by experienced personnel. The masks always have to be removed for testing.....

I believe we are the first in the country
Heard about it on the radio this morning but now there is an article on it aswell

First 'drive-thru' coronavirus testing station opens in South Australia - ABC News

amp.abc.net.au

Yes hats off to SA.Your Health Department does seem to be ahead of the curve and showing the other states how it should be done.
QLD is mere platitudes.

 

[Pushka]

Yes hats off to SA.Your Health Department does seem to be ahead of the curve and showing the other states how it should be done.
QLD is mere platitudes.

It seems rather out of character for us! Probably a sign they just have no resources for a full scale viral spread. The opposition is struggling to get a complaint in so has chosen to focus on a completely different issue which is the new Children's Hospital but it's not getting any traction.