Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Pushka]

Not sure
About an hour ago a media report said zero cases and declared the Parafield outbreak over.
Seems to have been deleted

Press Conference on ABC confirmed the above.

 

[I love to travel]

Press Conference on ABC confirmed the above.

Yay coming home for Xmas then. Waited until today to make the call but as long as I remain vigilant to any SA cases which might prompt Qld shutting the border to SA should be ok.

 

[Pushka]

Yay coming home for Xmas then. Waited until today to make the call but as long as I remain vigilant to any SA cases which might prompt Qld shutting the border to SA should be ok.

Welcome home! Gorgeous weather here now.

 

[andye]

Northern Beaches changes are causing many changes to plans
Mstrs andye 1&2 both have girlfriends in the Northern zone so won't be able to see them over Christmas when prior to today's announcement they could (as part of the whole Northern Beaches restrictions)
We will also be "adopting" an adult teenager who had expected to be spending Christmas Day with his Dad on the wrong side of the bridge
We had expected not to be holding our usual Boxing Day do but now have to make a call on whether to so with a restricted guest list

 

[Pushka]

In reality everyone’s plans are at risk. Just a slight respiratory symptom waking up on the day effectively cancels any thought of a family get together.

 

[drron]

One of my patients had to get home yesterday so he could greet his daughter and son in law and his first grandchild that he hasn't seen.They are from Broken Hill but had booked their flight to Tassie via Sydney and it got cancelled yesterday.Only flight out they could get on out of Broken Hill was Rex to Adelaide.Could make a connection to the JQ HBA flight to hobart but that got into HBA after 7pm on 24/12 and no rental car available.
My patient is wheel chair bound his wife blind.No other family in Tasmania.So Christmas is off.

 

[antycbr]

Flexibility comes at a resourcing cost.

For Victoria it does, not the ADF. Scomo is slowly learning not to make the same mistake multiple times. Jobkeeper ending is a core part of this.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NT removing hotspot declaration on Illawarra. Hotspot declaration remains on Greater Sydney Blue Mountains and Central Coast.

 

[antycbr]

NT removing hotspot declaration on Illawarra. Hotspot declaration remains on Greater Sydney Blue Mountains and Central Coast.

Good to see state premiers and chief ministers are investing in atlases.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

103 cases in NSW, perhaps from memory 1 or 2 are not part of Avalon cluster

4 in BUNGARRIBEE near Blacktown - possibly suggesting more than 1 of a household infected.

NSW COVID-19 cases, deaths and testing statistics

The latest weekly case numbers, testing figures totals and related COVID-19 statistics in NSW.

www.nsw.gov.au

 

[lovetravellingoz]

103 cases in NSW, perhaps from memory 1 or 2 are not part of Avalon cluster

That will be one now (The cleaner from 4th Dec), as the Healthworker and partner are now genomically linked (though not yet transmission linked) to the Avalon Cluster.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW overtakes Vic in total tests to date, but commensurate to severity of outbreaks to date Vic still leads on a per capital basis

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Some more venues added/updated. Some noteworthy venues Outside of Northern Beaches:
- a few at Westfield Hornsby 17/12
- Stanhope Garden Coles 19/12 & 20/12

 

[antycbr]

Some more venues added/updated. Some noteworthy venues Outside of Northern Beaches:
- a few at Westfield Hornsby 17/12
- Stanhope Garden Coles 19/12 & 20/12

What’s pleasing is that the volume of location listings is dropping and the date ranges are staying in the hot dates with few recent additions.

 

[trevella]

Back-to-back Sydney tests would make for great comic relief:

'We can run two Tests': The extraordinary plan to save the Sydney Test

Sydney has launched an 11th-hour bid to not only save its iconic New Year fixture but also pinch the Brisbane Test.

www.smh.com.au

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Back-to-back Sydney tests would make for great comic relief:

'We can run two Tests': The extraordinary plan to save the Sydney Test

Sydney has launched an 11th-hour bid to not only save its iconic New Year fixture but also pinch the Brisbane Test.

www.smh.com.au

How many NSW and Qlders in the Aussie team??? But honestly the gate of Brisbane has to be better. Sporting wise Melbourne is probably still a flat track.

 

[jakeseven7]

So how many mystery cases are we at now on NSW... 4- 5? that is always the most concerning part. Have they linked the nurse yet?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Have they linked the nurse yet?

Genomically to the Avalon Cluster = yes, but not by transmission. So still a mystery case.

The other point now is that the nurse was assumed to have infected the partner as the nurse was thought to have caught it from transporting infected people. But at that is now not the case it equally could be the other way around now.

So one mystery case is now two mystery cases.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

So how many mystery cases are we at now on NSW... 4- 5? that is always the most concerning part. Have they linked the nurse yet?

3 from the cluster I believe.
Nurse, and the first two cases of the cluster.

Nurse does not have a direct link.

Then there is a crew transport driver reported 17/12 earlier in the month.

and the Hotel quarantine worker 4/12.

total 5 by my reckoning.

edit: at least 3 are officially classed as under investigation

5 stated by four week report - updates daily Usually after about 11am, but probably later at the Moment given nsw daily press conferences

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - Locally acquired COVID-19 cases and tests in the last four weeks - up to 8pm 10 August 2021

The location of residence by Local Government Area (LGA) or local health district (LHD) of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the last four weeks.

www.health.nsw.gov.au

 

[kyle]

No doubt they do have these in place, but the resources to staff mass testing centres with 5+ hour waits is going to put a strain on rosters. The testing staff also have families, and will want to do things to get ready for Christmas. I suppose they might also have to have staff 'in reserve' in case those currently resting came down with the virus and were unable to work.

Perhaps the good thing about a secular and/or multicultural workforce is that not everyone needs to celebrate Christmas