The press conference said the worker tested negative on Sunday but on review after they were found to be positive on Wednesday, the Sunday sample was actually a weak positive?
COVID-response commander Jeroen Weimar said a female hotel quarantine worker linked to the Holiday Inn had been at the function at the private dining centre on February 6 before she first tested positive on February 10. That's how these two new cases contracted the virus.
Original bolding from ABC covid blog
So nothing on any tests conducted on Sunday 7 February
COVID-response commander Jeroen Weimar said a female hotel quarantine worker linked to the Holiday Inn had been at the function at the private dining centre on February 6 before she first tested positive on February 10. That's how these two new cases contracted the virus.
Original bolding from ABC covid blog
So nothing on any tests conducted on Sunday 7 February
Apparently 80,000 vaccine landing by the end of next week
Sounds like a week for TGA to check quality and potential spoilage issues.
First jabs by the end of Feb
First phase of vaccination to be completed in six weeks
Mr Hunt says those in the first phase of the vaccine rollout will be vaccinated within six weeks of it kicking off.
"Later in the week, once we have got the confirmed doses and the confirmed numbers, we will set that out to indicate that, within those areas, there are three priorities.
"There are the border and quarantine workers and there will be a specific focus in the first fortnight on [them] ... Our aged care residents and our staff - of course our aged care residents are vulnerable - and our frontline health workers. And disability residents and staff for disability care centres. So that is phase 1A and we think it will take the better part of six weeks, over the course of it."
Vic press conference now on. Positive Quarantine Worker went to the Coburg function with 38 people! If you can’t trust quarantine workers to stick to the 15 people limit, what hope have we got!
Note the child who is positive in Vic today is not the child of the adult reported today and not a household member of any of the HQ workers. She contracted it at the Coburg venue and her Mum's result is being investigated such that there will likely be at least one more positive in tomorrows numbers being the Mum.
Waiting for the Australian states to screech at the Feds to shut the NZ bubble off again to stop it spreading to Australia after NZ records 3 local cases. Quiet so far...
Has SA fallen asleep or something? Or too embarrassed after the VIC closure debacle....?
What are they waiting for? NZ had 33% more local cases than VIC today!!!
Waiting for the Australian states to screech at the Feds to shut the NZ bubble off again to stop it spreading to Australia after NZ records 3 local cases. Quiet so far...
Has SA fallen asleep or something? Or too embarrassed after the VIC closure debacle....?
What are they waiting for? NZ had 30% more local cases than VIC today!!!
That the 15 people limit, introduced on 4th February 2021, did not apply to "restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars" and not even to "venues"?
A two-square-metre rule applied:
"They are open for seated and unseated service, must use electronic record-keeping and apply the two-square-metre rule.
There are no other limits on the number of customers."
It looks as though the business has closed down and the family has held their function at a family member premises. To me, that’s a regular family gathering and 15 people should apply!
Was out and about in the eastern suburbs this morning, going to supermarket and picking up takeaway, I think other than a little bit of low stock on mince, everyone seemed very relaxed and business as usual.
It looks as though the business has closed down and the family has held their function at a family member premises. To me, that’s a regular family gathering and 15 people should apply!
Group 1a requires 1.4 million vaccinations. 80,000 is just the first shipment to start with. If started at the end of next week, 1a should be completed by end of March, or Easter.
When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine? The Australian Government Department of Health eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccines nationally has … Continued
Finishing my stint early tomorrow.I have to say if there is a community outbreak here it could well spread quickly.Around Devonport you basically don't see any masks.
At the hospital people attending the ED are given a mask to use until they are seen.Walking past the waiting room it is unusual to see 50% wearing the mask.And 50% of those not wearing it properly.
I did a little tanty in the ED this morning.A fellow with febrile neutropenia was being admitted.In the open ward with no one wearing PPE.A no no even in non Covid times.
And this in a hospital that treated 41 covid patients.
I don’t think that it will happen and hope it’s all fine by then but obviously they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Ive just seen they have released a few more Tier 1 locations which includes a couple of tram routes in peak weekday times but hopefully nothing comes from it
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