Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Lynda2475]

The remaining applications are for worker permits or people transiting through orange and red zones.

But nothing for people who have been in red zones in last fortnight. Their only option is to travel to a green or orange zone, wait 14 days then apply again. If they choose an orange zone, that is another 14 days iso once home.

 

[Lynda2475]

The backdating of quarantine while out of own state is the killer for many for booking trips away.

Yes. Although in WA if this happens they will let you leave on next flight out I believe? Whereas in Qld and Vic they require you to iso before you can leave?

 

[MooTime]

Yes. Although in WA if this happens they will let you leave on next flight out I believe? Whereas in Qld and Vic they require you to iso before you can leave?

yeah & if your accom is up during lockdown, you have to extend your stay (assuming you can not being an issue) all while not leaving your hotel & never know how long the lockdown will last. Then test & iso to whatever degree on arrival home. Just not viable.
Brisbane recently luckily only lasted the stated 3 days.

I guess holidaying intrastate way to go for forseeable future, but not good news for airlines at all.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

. If they choose an orange zone, that is another 14 days iso once home.

The current rule is.

Orange zone: You will be able to apply for a permit and enter Victoria if you don’t have COVID-19 symptoms and haven’t been to a red zone. Once in Victoria you must immediately self-isolate, get a COVID-19 test within 72 hours and continue to self-quarantine until you get a negative test result.​

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Regional NSW is now classified as an orange zone. For travelers who arrived from regional NSW and are currently quarantining at home, they are now permitted to leave quarantine only if they have tested negative to COVID-19.​

Most test results are received the same day, and so if the test early is enough in the day their quarantine will end the same day. So most people will be out of self-quaratine within 1 to 2 days.

 

[jakeseven7]

SA reopens borders Greater Brisbane to enter without quarantining from Sunday, but visitors must be tested THREE times

Travellers from Greater Brisbane will soon be able to enter South Australia without needing to quarantine, health authorities have revealed.

SA chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said the change to border arrangements would come into effect as of 12.01am on Sunday.

Speaking after the state’s Transition Committee meeting on Tuesday, she said people coming from Greater Brisbane would no longer be required to quarantine.

But they will need to be tested on days one, five and 12 of their stay.

SA to changes border rules with Queensland

Travellers from Greater Brisbane will soon be able to enter South Australia without needing to quarantine, health authorities have announced.

www.news.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

SA to remain closed to parts of NSW until 2 weeks after last community transmission case

Prof Spurrier said border restrictions with NSW will only be reviewed 14 days after the state recorded its last case of community transmission, which was on January 11.

Anti-maskers' wild brawl with cops

The NSW Premier has expressed her disappointment after two men refusing to wear face masks became aggressive and allegedly assaulted police officers at a western Sydney shopping centre.

www.news.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

Don't get your hopes up, probably just acting to quiet the very bad press he has been receiving this week.

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WA reviews border restrictions with Victoria

Residents in NSW, Queensland and Victoria are currently barred from entering Western Australia under its hard border arrangements – but for the latter state at least, it might not be for much longer.

Now that Victoria has recorded its ninth consecutive day of no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, WA's Premier Mark McGowan said an "emergency committee meeting" would be held this afternoon to discuss next steps.

"We'll discuss the matter there, we haven't made any final decision at this point in time," Mr McGowan said, hinting restrictions were unlikely to change for NSW anytime soon.

Anti-maskers' wild brawl with cops

The NSW Premier has expressed her disappointment after two men refusing to wear face masks became aggressive and allegedly assaulted police officers at a western Sydney shopping centre.

www.news.com.au

 

[oz_mark]

Who knows what WA will do. On their own guidelines they shouldn't have a hard border anyway. Should just be a requirement to isolate.

Even so, it is due for a review.

 

[Lynda2475]

Regional NSW is now classified as an orange zone. For travelers who arrived from regional NSW and are currently quarantining at home, they are now permitted to leave quarantine only if they have tested negative to COVID-19.

Whilst that is better, its still means anyone who has been in greater Sydney has to do 14 days in regional NSW plus at least another 2 days once back in Vic getting tested and waiting for results. It really isnt acceptable that there isnt a way to go from SYD-MEL and into quarantine so as to limit to 14 days.

Really isnt any logical reason for regional NSW to be orange, with the exemption of the Bermagui cases which werent local, rest of regional NSW has been >28 days without a locally transmitted case.

 

[drron]

This week I have been able to get a compassionate exemption for a fellow from the Northern Beaches.Has now seen his mother in hospital.
Once again a compassionate exemption in Tasmania is indeed compassionate.

 

[antycbr]

I understand the AO exemption. And I agree with it.

1250 players confined under strict conditions in three hotels​

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8000 people travelling across the state, stopping off to buy groceries, going out exercising, having friends around, going out for dinner. Yup - probably not supposed to do all of those things during quarantine... but a proportion of them will ignore the rules.​

Tennis provides entertainment for a great number of people. Is in 'real time' in Australia for Australian viewing. And provides jobs in Victoria both now and well into the future.

Just don’t mention our abandoned citizens overseas.

 

[antycbr]

Regarding exemption permits for admission to the DPRV, this afternoon the Oz reported:

Of more than 11,000 people who have applied for exemptions since January 1, more than 8000 are still waiting for their applications to be processed.

On the tennis, perhaps the best approach of those objecting is to target the sponsors on social media. That’s what I am doing.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

So why not offer returning Victorians the option of supervised HQ instead of just locking them out?

How sad that you have such a low opinion of your fellow Victorians and such an unrealistic view of the risk having visited NSW really present to Vic.

The current situation and risk in Greater Sydney is not remotely anything like the mess that Melbourne was back in August. 1 person in hospital.

Who’s going to pay for the supervised home quarantine?

People wanted hot spots, hot zones, whatever we’re calling them. We’ve got them, but people still aren’t happy?

 

[Must...Fly!]

Who’s going to pay for the supervised home quarantine?

People wanted hot spots, hot zones, whatever we’re calling them. We’ve got them, but people still aren’t happy?

What defines a hot spot (red zone, whatever) for the state of Victoria

 

[antycbr]

Who’s going to pay for the supervised home quarantine?

People wanted hot spots, hot zones, whatever we’re calling them. We’ve got them, but people still aren’t happy?

Maybe the Victorian Government rather than lending the money to Tennis Australia for a high risk event?

You know, looking after Victorians who are both taxpayers and voters?

 

[Lynda2475]

Who’s going to pay for the supervised home quarantine?

The people who want to use it, same as what happens in Queensland or with international arrivals. At the moment those Victorians in Sydney have no way home indefinitely, there needs to be at least a user pays option.

Although Vic could have used all the money they have wasted on newspaper ads, billboards in border towns and radio ads this week to fund it.

That said, I strongly dispute that it is needed at all.

Regional NSW should be green (as no local transmission for well over 28 days) and there is no justification for Greater Sydney to be red, it is orange at a stretch.

If Vic set up testing stations at MEL and key border crossings, could ensure arrivals test and are issued with orders to self iso until result arrives. Or they could require Victorians in greater Sydney and greater Brisbane to get a negative test before boarding a flight. Testing is easy to get (in Sydney at least) and free.

It's not like there is a huge amount of unlinked cases in Sydney, if Sydney was out of control then we'd be seeing lots of spread to regional NSW given half of Sydney has holidayed in regional NSW over last 3 weeks, but simply isnt happening.

 

[Lynda2475]

People wanted hot spots, hot zones, whatever we’re calling them. We’ve got them, but people still aren’t happy?

I think people want the states to follow the federal hotspot definitions to have certainty. Under the CMOs definition nowhere in NsW currently meets that definition, last place that did was Northern Beaches but only when 7 day average was above 10 cases a day.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Today's Vic DHHS Report.

Salient parts:


Under Victoria’s restrictions, exemptions for care and compassionate reasons must be prioritised. This means that since the start of the Victorian-NSW border restrictions, a total of 1886 exemptions have been granted and just four applications or 0.21 percent have been rejected. Approved exemption applications mostly relate to Victorians returning for compassionate reasons as well as inter-state residents travelling into Victoria for funerals or to be with a loved one at end of life.

For the the ninth consecutive day, Victoria has recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus.

Investigations have been undertaken on a suspected false positive COVID-19 test result detected yesterday in a man aged in his 30s.
Multiple follow up tests on this case have returned negative results. The Expert Review Panel has reviewed this case and determined this to be a false positive. The case is now classified as negative to COVID-19.

Department of Health and Human Services Victoria | Coronavirus update for Victoria - 15 January 2021

Victoria has recorded two new cases of coronavirus since yesterday. Both cases are in returning international travelers in hotel quarantine.

www.dhhs.vic.gov.au

 

[SydneySwan]

I just watched Martin Foley (health minister) on the ABC news. He repeated that he understands the frustration of Victorians stuck in Sydney and Brisbane but that he won’t apologise for protecting the health of Victorians and keeping the state open.

Er except I don’t think he demonstrates any understanding or empathy at all and besides to those banned Victorians Victoria is closed.

 

[james4321]

Just don’t mention our abandoned citizens overseas.

All of whom have had 12 months (almost) to get home. You makes your choice you take the consequences