Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Northern Northern Beaches are joining Greater Sydney normalcy on Sunday.

 

[Lynda2475]

Surely if you have flown in from Brisbane then you have been in Greater Brisbane?

I believe those connecting via BNE without leaving the airport arent deemed to have been in Greater Brisbane. But they are screening all Qld flight arrivals, so gold coast, sunshine coast and cairnes in case people were in BNE before going there.

 

[Pushka]

How does someone who works as a cleaner have 70 contacts. I work with 6 others and have probably only seen 2 other people this week.

I'm amazed, although I think wearing masks indoors for everyone who are seeing a lot of people is a good idea.

large family maybe?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Due the Qld Case and announced restrictions, I spent the morning in discussion with a number of my Qld suppliers and business contacts due to a major planned project of mine in Qld in mid-Feb, though one of my Qld Suppliers must not have been following the news as their email to me this morning started with:

Hope you have had a great week and looking forward to a relaxing weekend!

Personally I am hoping like hell that only one or two new cases will be generated in Qld over the weekend. My weekend will be anything but relaxing now. Naturally I also wish minimal cases for the sake of all Australians.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

large family maybe?

70 contacts would not be hard and especially in Qld where life has been pretty normal for most.

Go to a few restaurants or cafes, see family or friends, attend a club meeting, fitness class etc etc

One of my Qld business contacts I spoke with this morning was in Melbourne for Xmas (pre cases being announced) and she remarked that behaviours were noticeably different in each state, including aspects like just catching an Uber being different..

 

[tgh]

Hilarious , Brisvegas has gone crazy, queue's miles long everywhere.. Supermarkets, Bunnings , it's a madhouse...

 

[lovetravellingoz]

And yes panic buying is back. In Brisbane this time.

People still have not figured out that supplies are ample, and if new cases are about then that queuing up at supermarkets is actually not a good idea!

 

[jase05]

How does someone who works as a cleaner have 70 contacts. I work with 6 others and have probably only seen 2 other people this week.

I'm amazed, although I think wearing masks indoors for everyone who are seeing a lot of people is a good idea.

Didn’t she catch several forms of PT, perhaps some of those have come forward?
Large family, shopping etc all could contribute

 

[Lynda2475]

And in all the footage of the Brisbane panic buying not a single person is wearing a mask. Way to create a mass exposure event.

 

[jakeseven7]

Our friends in the Tasmanian tourism business are in despair as Queensland cancellations have already start rolling in (remember NSW has been locked out for weeks now as well).

VIC is by far their largest market and they are now terrified somehow the QLD outbreak will spread to VIC and then Tas will lock VIC out....

Crazy crazy times....

 

[jakeseven7]

National Cabinet: All states and territories will test hotel quarantine staff daily​

All states and territories will be testing hotel quarantine staff daily.​

National cabinet has endorsed the Andrews government's push for the rest of the country to adopt Victoria's hotel quarantine screening process, including testing air crew on arrival.

Other premiers and first ministers pushed for weekly testing of hotel quarantine workers but were overridden, the Victorian government confirmed to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Coronavirus as it happened: Greater Brisbane declared a hotspot, to enter lockdown after UK COVID strain found; WA to close border to Queensland

The Federal Government will apply more stringent requirements to international arrivals, including those coming from the UK where a more infectious strain of the virus is rampant.

www.theage.com.au

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Our friends in the Tasmanian tourism business are in despair as Queensland cancellations have already start rolling in (remember NSW has been locked out for weeks now as well).

VIC is by far their largest market and they are now terrified somehow the QLD outbreak will spread to VIC and then Tas will lock VIC out....

Crazy crazy times....

Yes I can emphasise for when like me your business is heavily dependant on free movement between states (well for me international travel in normal years also allows about 10-15% of income to occur) it has been anything but a Happy New Year so far.

 

[RooFlyer]

Border update for Brisbanites:

TAS: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit from Brisbane and retrospective to Jan 2)

Sigh. There goes the visit by my niece and namesake grand-nephew, already deferred twice.

And yes panic buying is back. In Brisbane this time.

People still have not figured out that supplies are ample,

... or have the nous to get a stock of 'essentials' and have it on hand all the time . I wonder if chemists are also affected? @drron or @Princess Fiona - do you know if the pharmaceutical buying limits imposed earlier this year on some items are still in place?

 

[jase05]

SA closing the border to Greater Brisbane from 6pm tonight and Marshall has stated that Anna has asked all states to do likewise

 

[jakeseven7]

UPDATE:

NT closes border to Brisbane. following Tasmania's lead.

Border update for Brisbanites:

TAS: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit from Brisbane and retrospective to Jan 2)
NSW: Will remain open for now
VIC: Update in next few hours
ACT: Likely to copy NSW
SA: TBA
NT: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit)
WA: Still asleep, dreaming of March


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Greater Brisbane declared hotspot in NT, border closed​

The Northern Territory Government has declared the Greater Brisbane area region a hotspot, effective immediately.

Chief Minister Michael Gunner said this includes the council areas of Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands.

He said this "means anyone arriving in the Territory today from these regions will have to enter mandatory two week quarantine".

Coles, Woolworths bring in two-pack limits in Brisbane after day of panic buying

Major supermarkets bring in two-item limits for a number of grocery products in high demand as Brisbane shoppers stock up ahead of a three-day lockdown.

www.abc.net.au

UPDATE:

SA closes border to Greater Brisbane, joining NT, TAS.

Border update for Brisbanites:

TAS: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit from Brisbane and retrospective to Jan 2)
NSW: Will remain open for now
VIC: Update in next few hours
ACT: Likely to copy NSW
SA: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit, if you have arrived from Jan 2 must get tested)
NT: CLOSED (hotel quarantine if you try to visit)
WA: Still asleep, dreaming of March

 

[Pushka]

And yes panic buying is back. In Brisbane this time.

People still have not figured out that supplies are ample, and if new cases are about then that queuing up at supermarkets is actually not a good idea!

The thing is that people don’t trust that 3 days won’t turn into 30 and so on.

AP asked the states to declare BNE a hotspot and close it to travel.

3 cases in SA today positive all from overseas but two more of the UK strain.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

The thing is that people don’t trust that 3 days won’t turn into 30 and so on.

While true on the 30 days, the supermarkets will remain open regardless.

It is fear over logic.

 

[Pushka]

While true on the 30 days, the supermarkets will remain open regardless.

It is fear over logic.

Sure. But that’s the thing. Mental health is suffering immensely. I heard on the radio today from the UK that the chorus of people clapping the health workers at 6?pm has virtually stopped because they have just had enough.

4 cases of the UK variant here but two have recovered. All in med hotels.

Daily saliva tests of those workers plus weekly throat swabs.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Masks to be mandatory on all flights as Australia reduces international arrivals – as it happened

Western Australia to introduce hard border with Queensland from midnight. This blog is now closed

www.theguardian.com

2m ago12:42

South Australia has reported three new cases, all of people in hotel quarantine.
The SA chief health officer, Prof Nicola Spurrier, said there are two people in hotel quarantine in Adelaide who have tested positive to the UK variant of the virus.

One of those might prove to be an old case and we are doing some further testing. ButI want South Australia to understand that while there is that issue that is very concerning because, of course, we’ve got somebody who has been out in the Queensland community with that particular variance, we do actually have that variant here in our own state and we have to be very mindful of that and we have do not have complacency. With got to still be doing hygiene, the physical distancing, the QR scans, and all of those sorts of things and getting tested today that you get any symptoms. So we still have to be very aware here in South Australia.

 

[Lynda2475]

Reduced overseas arrivals by 50% in NSW, Qld and WA until 15th Feb, no reductions in Vic cause they already taking less than 50% of what they were pre July. When reductions lift in Feb, hopefully other states including Vic will step up.